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Sangeet Sangroula

Sangeet Sangroula is a correspondent of Republica Daily. He has been reporting on earthquake reconstruction, bureaucracy, development issues, elections and various political issues since 2012.
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Demand to bring local units under province snags restructuring

Published On: November 19, 2016 01:40 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Nov 19: With the commission for restructuring local bodies all set to submit its report on the number and boundaries of local units within two weeks, a dispute over whether or not the local units should be under the jurisdiction of the respective provinces has emerged as another complication in the task of local restructuring.

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Govt decides to fund up to Rs 5 million for Sujata's treatment

Published On: November 14, 2016 01:50 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: Violating Parliamentary Finance Committee's strict directive against providing more than Rs 1.5 million for medical treatment of VVIPs and VIPs, the government has decided bear up to Rs 5 million in medical expenses of former Deputy Prime Minister and central leader of Nepali Congress (NC) Sujata Koirala, who is suffering from breast cancer.

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Amendment bill by Tuesday even if UML opposes: PM

Published On: November 12, 2016 01:40 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMADNU, Nov 12: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has vowed to register the constitution amendment bill in Parliament by Tuesday at the latest even if the main opposition party CPN-UML is not ready to support the amendment.

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Nearly all districts submit reports or are in last stages

Published On: November 10, 2016 12:30 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: Almost all the districts, other than the eight districts under Province No. 2, have either submitted their reports proposing local units under the federal system, or are in the final stages of doing so.

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It'll take over 3 months to address quake victims' complaints: NRA

Published On: November 8, 2016 12:20 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is flooded with over 173,000 complaints relating to the grant amounts from earthquake victims in the 14 most-affected earthquake hit districts and the number of complaints is only increasing with each passing day. However, the authority has been too slow to sort out the complaints, preventing many eligible victims from receiving the housing grant amount.

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Commission to ask govt to seek support from Madhes parties

Published On: November 7, 2016 02:20 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Nov 7: The commission formed to restructure the local units has decided to ask the government to help solicit support from the Madhes-based political parties in the task of delineating local units under the new federal system.

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Govt neglects relocation of risky settlements

Published On: October 26, 2016 09:10 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: Relocation of landslide-prone settlements in the earthquake-hit districts to safer sites was one of the key issues besides reconstruction of the damaged houses following the devastating earthquake in April last year. But over 18 months have elapsed since the disaster and the issue of relocation of the risky settlements has been completely neglected by the government.

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Commission proposes maximum 744 local units

Published On: October 22, 2016 02:00 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMADNU, Oct 22: The Commission on Numbers and Boundaries of Local Units under the new federal system has issued a new circular to its district bodies to finalize the number of local units between 507 to 744 and do so by November 5.

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Quake victims in Valley to get first tranche before Tihar: Ministry

Published On: October 20, 2016 01:20 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Oct 20: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development has said that all the earthquake victims in Kathmandu Valley whose houses were damaged by earthquake will receive the first tranche of the total grant of Rs 300,000 before Tihar.

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Xi, Modi pledge full support for constitution, peace process: Dahal

Published On: October 18, 2016 02:20 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged their full support in implementing Nepal's new constitution, concluding the remaining tasks of the peace process, and taking the ongoing political course to a logical end.

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NRA has signed up only Rs 272b so far out of 938b needed

Published On: October 5, 2016 01:10 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Although Rs 938 billion has been estimated as the total amount needed for the overall task of post-earthquake reconstruction and rehabilitation, the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has signed agreements with various donor agencies for only Rs 272 billion so far, 18 months into the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes.

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Big parties drop ilaka as basis for local units

Published On: October 4, 2016 10:40 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Major political parties have backed away from their previous decision to take the existing ilaka as the main basis for restructuring local units under the new federal setup, following criticism from various quarters.

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MPs-led panels to oversee I/NGO work in quake areas

Published On: October 3, 2016 12:20 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Following criticism from various quarters for inability to check the activities of I/NGOs in the earthquake affected districts, the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is making preparations to set up district coordination committees comprising lawmakers of the respective districts to oversee the I/NGO activities.

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Bring time-bound plan on elections: MPs

Published On: September 29, 2016 07:55 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Lawmakers have asked the government to immediately come up with a time-bound plan for holding elections for all the three levels--local, provincial and federal--under the new federal setup.

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MPs ask govt to bring time-bound plan on elections

Published On: September 29, 2016 12:10 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Lawmakers have asked the government to immediately come up with a time-bound plan for holding elections for all the three levels--local, provincial and federal--under the new federal setup.

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Redraw local units on ilaka lines: Govt to commission

Published On: September 28, 2016 07:25 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: The government has decided to make the pervious area units (ilakas) as the main basis for restructuring the local units under the new federal setup.

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Change in standards a ploy to delay local polls: Commission member

Published On: September 27, 2016 01:00 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Officials of the commission formed to fix the number and boundaries of local bodies have said that the commission will not be able to submit its report to the government by mid-March, 2017 if it has to begin the task of local body restructuring from scratch.

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NRA misses grant deadline

Published On: September 20, 2016 01:20 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Sept 20: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has failed to meet its own deadline for distributing the first tranche of housing grant to all eligible victims whose homes were completely destroyed in last year's earthquake.

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India welcomed effort to take all on board Constitution: PM

Published On: September 19, 2016 07:37 AM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that India appreciates Nepal’s efforts to bring the dissidents on board the process of full-fledged implementation of the new Constitution, and that this would help improve Nepal-India relations, which had soured in the recent past.

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PM Dahal returns home, says India visit fruitful

Published On: September 18, 2016 04:15 PM NPT By: Sangeet Sangroula

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who returned home Sunday afternoon completing a four-day state visit to India, has said the visit was fruitful.

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