Lawmakers speaking in the zero hour of the meeting of the House of Representatives Wednesday drew the attention of the government on a host of contemporary issues.
Bimala Nepali of the Nepali Congress expressed dismay saying the people of the Dalit community across the country were suffering harassment day after day. She drew the attention of the bodies concerned to stop such inhuman activities against the Dalits.
Bharat Kumar Shah of the same party criticized the imposition of tax by the local level in an arbitrary manner and warned lest the tax would make federalism a failure.
Meanwhile, Bhupendra Bahadur Thapa of the Communist Party of Nepal drew attention of the government to open the Beni-Jomsom road which has been obstructed due to rains.
Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj of the same party demanded with the government to provide living allowances to the people injured in the Madhes movement and the People's Movement.
Meena Subba of the Nepali Congress said that the government ministers had initially shown some enthusiasm to carry out works which the people could feel about. She said the initial enthusiasm has now dampened.
Rangamati Shahi of the same party demanded that the government fix the examination center for the Teachers Service Commission exams in Humla and Dolpa districts.
Nepali Congress' Rajendra KC called on the government to resolve the problem related to the Tripureshwar-Kalanki-Nagdhunga road.
Ram Bahadur Bista, also of the Nepali Congress, demanded action against those people who mixed poison in the water tank at Shree Secondary School in Morang.
Rekha Sharma of the CPN called for an end to the tradition of undertaking the development projects in the rainy season and also drew the attention of the government on making the construction companies undertaking these projects responsible and accountable.
Laxmi Kumari Chaudhari of the same party sought investigation into the distribution of the identity cards to the poor citing that the genuine poor had not been issued the identity cards.
