Issue of post-quake reconstruction key election agenda in Kavrepalanchok

Issue of post-quake reconstruction key election agenda in Kavrepalanchok

Banepa, March 27: When will post-reconstruction works begin in true sense, and how and in what way will it take place? Why it is not getting a momentum till now?

These are most frequent questions that political parties and leaders reaching villages of Kavrepalanchok in view of the upcoming local poll face from the public sphere.

The first question the majority of Kavrepalanchok folks ask to political parties and leaders visiting their doorsteps with the hope of creating an election atmosphere is about the post-quake rebuilding issues, said CPN (Maoist Center) Kavrepalanchok chair Dinanath Gautam.

The issue of reconstruction has now become the top agenda of the election campaign. Post-earthquake rebuilding is the urgent need of the people and they   are excited about the election as they believe that would- be representatives would help them get their needs addressed, he added.

CPN (UML) district chair Tok Bahadur Waiba said the issue of reconstruction has got top priority among the people when preparations for the local level are underway.

The earthquake survivors in the district are living a miserable life, he said. The Kavrepalanchok folks are now busy in attending gatherings, training and meeting being held at the local level to make them aware of their franchise rights and encourage them to fully utilise it in local election, according to Waiba.

Nepali Congress district vice president Achyut Poudel said people raise the issue of reconstruction with a high priority before political leaders visiting people's doorsteps in view of the upcoming local poll.  Meetings, gatherings and training on the importance of elections are underway at the local level.

Major political parties, RPP Nepal, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party and Madeshi Janadhikar Forum and some other fringe parties have reached the village as they seek public support in the election.

Of 25 political parties registered in the Election Office from Kavre for local election, 11 represent in the parliament.

As per the new mapping of the local level, there are seven rural municipalities and six municipalities.

The district remains as one of the 14 districts most affected by the April 25 earthquake in 2015 and its aftershocks.