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Kathmandu, August 11

Lack of sound coordination and management of human resources, logistics and equipment, information system and financial system among the three-tier government system poses a major hindrance in containing rising dengue cases across the country, said stakeholders.

Addressing a press meet organised by the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Sushil Nath Pyakurel, director general at the Department of Health Services, said, &We have not been able to control dengue outbreak because of the three-tier government system. Communication, coordination and collaboration with local bodies, provincial governments and the central government have been a challenge. There is a lack of human resources even in collecting statistics of people affected in the dengue-hit areas.&

Lack of technical manpower on vector control and budget crunch are other hurdles for controlling spread of dengue nationwide, he said.

Nepal recorded 3,425 dengue cases from April 14 to August 9 this year in 42 districts. The number of dengue cases can rise if the same situation persists. There should be coordination in every sector. Post monsoon period, which is favourable for mosquito to breed, is yet to arrive, said Bibek Kumar Lal, director of EDCD.

Unless there is proper management of drinking water and waste it is difficult to control the mosquito-borne disease, Lal said.

Migration of people from dengue prone countries such as India, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Thailand and Philippines to Nepal could also pose dengue threat, he said. The virus is transmitted to humans when female Aedes aegypti mosquito bites a person. Its peak biting periods are early morning and before dusk. Symptoms of dengue are high fever, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, pain in muscles and bones, rashes and back pain.

The doctors suggest to search and destroy mosquitoes and their breeding areas, keep environment clean, use nets and apply mosquito repellents, wear long sleeves and trousers to cover arms and legs, remove water from plates, change water in vases/bowls, recycle or dispose discarded tyres and take medicines only on doctoradvice, as preventive measures against the disease.

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Kathmandu, August 11

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority arrested Umesh Mandal, a sub-engineer of Nagarain Municipality, red-handed while accepting bribe of Rs 55,000 from a service-seeker in Dhanusha today. CIAA Spokesperson Pradip Kumar Koirala said Mandal took the bribe for facilitating the service-seeker in receiving payment for completed projects.

On Thursday, the anti-graft body had arrested Giriraj Koirala, chief administrative officer of Purbanchal University. He was caught while receiving Rs 675,000 in bribe from a service-seeker in Kathmandu. The university official had sought the bribe to resolve the problems faced by the PU students.

According to statistics maintained by the CIAA, it arrested at least 41 persons with bribe during sting operations conducted at different places of the country over a period of less than one month of the current fiscal. The CIAA arrested 200 persons red-handed with the bribe money they received from service-seekers in fiscal 2018-19 compared to 154 in fiscal 2017-18. It is the highest number of arrests made by the anti-graft body in a year. The anti-graft body said one person was arrested with bribe on an average of 2.07 working days during the fiscal 2018-19.

Despite repeated warnings by the CIAA against the public post holders about its intensified sting operation, bribery continues unabated at government offices.

A report published by the CIAA recently stated that it mobilised its employees in corruption-prone public offices, posing as service-seekers for integrity test of the concerned officials. &Micro-surveillance and rapid action procedures were implemented to swing into action against government employees involved in irregularities and corruption. It is expected to improve the public service delivery system by controlling corrupt tendency of officials,& said Spokesperson Koirala.

The anti-graft body said it had also strengthened its information analysis unit to pursue reform, transparency and good governance in the public service sector.

A survey conducted by the CIAA on ‘Status of Corruption and Good Governance in Nepal-2019& has categorically identified fourteen public offices, which are most corruption-sensitive and where services are denied without bribe.

The top fourteen government offices prone to corruption include and revenue office, survey office, inland revenue office, municipality/rural municipality office, water supply office, district administration office, district education office, transport management office, district police office, district agriculture development office, Nepal Telecom, land reform office, cottage and small industries office and road division office.

The 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index released by Transparency International on January 29 warned that continued failure of most countries, including Nepal, to curb corruption was contributing to crisis of democracy around the world.

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Kathmandu, August 11

Police arrested two alleged human traffickers from Nagdhunga, Chandragiri Municipality, yesterday, and foiled their trafficking bid.

They have been identified as Bhuwan Tamang, 31, of Khandadevi Municipality-2 in Ramechhap and Aaite Bahadur Lopchan, 29, of Khanikhola Rural Municipality-1 in Kavre. Acting on a specific tip-off provided by Maiti Nepal, police stopped a bus heading to Jhapa and arrested the duo besides rescuing a 20-year-old woman. Police said Tamang and Lopchan had lured the woman to go to Birtamod with them, promising her a decent job there. They had planned to traffic the woman to India via open border.

Following her rescue, the woman said they had told her not to disclose her identity to anyone. When inquired by police or anyone of her journey, she was instructed by the duo to say that she was going to Birtamod to take care of her sister-in-law, who had recently delivered a baby. Police said the women would be handed over to her parents after necessary investigation. Tamang and Lopchan have been charged with trafficking attempts.

Kathmandu District Court has remanded them to five-day judicial custody for further investigation into the case.

According to police, traffickers operate in various layers from the source to destination countries. Nepali women are trafficked to India via open border before being sold there or trafficked to other countries.

Maiti Nepal and various India-based NGOs had rescued 103 Nepali women, including 10 to 12 minors, from various cities of Manipur bordering Myanmar in March. They were allegedly trying to cross the border with the aim of flying to Dubai and from there to various other Gulf countries.

The government, a few years ago, had made it mandatory for every Nepali citizen flying abroad from India to obtain a ‘no objection certificate& from Delhi-based Nepali embassy.

Maiti Nepal said traffickers might have opted for land route as it had become difficult for traffickers to transport women through the air route.

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