HoR session: Lawmakers draw government’s attention to increasing cases of fire

Kathmandu: The House of Representatives (HoR) members drew the government’s attention towards increasing cases of fire with the beginning of summer.

Demanding time in a session of the lower house today, Sapana Rajbhandari, expressed her concern over the death of an octogenarian on Wednesday in the fire resulted in from the cooking gas leakage in a private house at Makhan of Kathmandu metropolis-24.

She demanded the monitoring of cooking gas cylinders. She recalled the incident of a similar nature that had in Kamalpokhari in the past. She complained the lack of a monitoring of the status of cooking gas cylinders that have been supplied to the market.

She also demanded the management of fire fighters’ service in inner cities of Kathmandu. As she said, unchecked gas cylinders and the unsystematic operation of the petrol pumps have increased the risk for fire, drawing the government’s attention towards that end.

Thakur Gaire called for complying with economic discipline citing that a growing size of arrears may cause a significant impact on national economy.

He apprised the House that the size of arrears has increased by over Rs 733 billion and it has been mentioned in the latest report of the Auditor General.

He also alerted to the Finance Minister about the report of a significant size of arrears within the Ministry’s transactions, urging it to assess the possible economic consequences.

Devendra Paudel demanded the government ensure treatment for those injured in an accident involving a microbus heading to Pokhara from Dhading.

Ashok Kumar Chaudhary also expressed his concern over the Kathmandu metropolis -24 deadly fire incident on Wednesday.

The lawmaker also apprised that the fire occurred this morning at Satungal resulted in a huge loss of property.  He questioned about the availability of fire fighters at each local levels. He also sought arrangements for providing fire fighters’ service in inner settlements of Kathmandu.

Dr Amaresh Kumar Singh questioned over a delay in appointing the Nepal Rastra Bank’s governor, seeking to avoid the culture of political sharing in the appointment.