NC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEET RESUMES

Kathmandu, 4 Sept.: Main opposition NC central committee met continues for the second consecutive day Sunday.
on the peace process, constitution drafting and other current political issues
NC view of state restructuring will also be discussed.
Ram Sharan Mahat briefed colleagues on activities centered around the peace process.
The committee Saturday discussed Maoist ‘positive’ decision to handover keys and containers with insurgency-era weapons to a government special committee headed ex-officio by the premier.
intra-party issues will also be discussed.
The committee Saturday discussed reasons for loss of its two candidates in parliamentary elections for prime minister.
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SUB-COMMITTEE TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES ON THEMES IN CONSTITUTION MEETS FOR SECOND DAY

Kathmandu, 4 Sept.: A meeting of the sub-committee to sort out inter-party differences on themes for inclusion in a proposed constitution continued for the second day Sunday.
The sub-committee headed by Maoist Charman Prachanda under the main constitution drafting committee of Nilambar Acharya met for the first time Saturday after the second three-month tenure extension of constituent assembly after 31 August.
The sub-committee is now discussing differences on a federal structure, election process and government structure among 11 themes.
The sub-committee will take up suggestions for forming a task force of experts instead of establishing a state restructuring commission to study a federal structure as suggested by NC.
The main opposition has recommended seven provinces
The sub-committee didn’t take any decision Saturday with the absence of NC leader Ram Chandra Paudel.
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SIX DOCTORS, FIVE NURSES OF BP CANCER HOSPITAL SUSPENDED





Kathmandu, 4 Sept.: Six doctors and five nurses of B P Koirala Cancer Hospital in Bharatpur were suspended for a month for their involvement in conducting hysterectomy on woman who was actually admitted for a thyroid operation three weeks ago, The Rising Nepal reports.
According to the hospital board decision, they will be banned from medical practice for this period until a final investigation report comes out.
Surgeon of the case Dr. Rajendra Pariyar, Dr. Ranjana Shaha, Dr. Nitu Paudel, Dr. Bhawana Wagle, Dr. Suman Shingh and Dr. Anil Bikram Karki were suspended.
The hospital board is preparing to seek clarifications from 21 concerned staffers including the doctors.
Former president of Nepal Medical Council Dr. Kedar Narsing K.C. said that the hospital board had taken the decision 10 days ago. However, the decision was officially announced Friday.
Nepal Medical Council and Nepal Nursing Council have also taken a similar decision. They have decided to suspend involved doctors and nurses.
However, it is not known how many of the doctors and who, were suspended by the medical council and nursing council. The council officials could not be contacted.
Dr. Jitendra Pariyar and his team had carried out hysterectomy on 32-year old Chham Kumari Bohara of Shankar Nagar, Rupandehi districts. Actually, Kesh Maya Gurung had been admitted for hysterectomy. Out of blunder, the doctors conducted surgery on Bohara on August 11.
The hospital board said that around 21 health workers involved in the whole process of operation will also face suspension.
The hospital has formed a three-member probe team under the coordination of Dr. K.C, with general secretary of the Consumer Rights Protection Forum Jyoti Bania and Dr. Kusum Shrestha as members.
The team has not started its work. "We have asked with the hospital director to create suitable environment for the investigation," Dr. K.C. said.
"Probe will start within a few days and as the panel is required to submit report within a week," he said.
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BAR, PEEPAL TREES VICTIMS OF CARELESS RURAL ROAD PLANNING





Kathmandu, 4 Sept: Careless rural road construction and growing demands for housing plots have destroyed religiously and environmentally significant bar and peepal trees in west Nepal’s Baglung district, The Rising Neal reports from Baglung.
These holy trees are being destroyed as rural roads are expanding their network and townships are mushrooming. Felling of these religious trees has intensified in Burtibang, Kharbang, Hatiya, Kusmisera and Balewa areas of the district due to rising trade activities.
The booming rural roads lack careful survey and planning. They are mostly following the old trails while constructing the roads. Bar and peepal plantations are located along these routes, providing shade and fresh air for tired pedestrians who want to take rest.
Dozers are used in road construction with no plan to save these trees of religious value and environmental benefits. When roads arrive, land prices also go up, unleashing a race for housing land grab.
Those who develop roadside land into housing plots least care to save the trees. Importance of trees is globally recognised as an agent to minimize the adverse impacts of global warming and climate change.
For Hindus, a peepal tree is regarded an incarnation of Lord Bishnu and religious scriptures advise people to conserve and respect it. Religiously inspired philanthropists plant bar, peepal and sami trees to provide cool shade to the traditional resting platforms known as chautari.
As people fail to understand the religious and environmental significance of these trees, nobody is taking initiative to protect them, said Bhupendra KC who has launched a solo conservation drive.
KC said that he felt the need to launch a bar and

peepal plantation drive after he was concerned by the rising destruction of these trees in the name of development.
KC has been conducting plantations at Bangechaur of Baglung Municipality. He is also trying to convince others to save and plant these trees. These trees stand as our religious and natural heritage. Their rising destruction worries me, he said. KC had planted some bar, peepal and sami trees in a public land at Bangechaur of Baglung Municipality three years ago. He is happy with their growth and plans to construct chautari platforms under them.
Leaves of these trees are important items in Hindu cultural rituals. In the present scenario, these items are difficult to find. Road builders and land developers have eliminated so many trees. "I am trying to regenerate them on my personal expenses," said KC.

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