In Nepal, the Home Ministry has announced a public holiday as a national mourning in honour of those who lost their lives in the course of the Gen-Z protest on September 8 and 9. The government has decided to hoist the national flag at half mast at all government offices, Nepali embassies and missions abroad, along with a public holiday. Meanwhile, President Ramchandra Paudel has prorogued the ongoing session of the National Assembly. 

 

 

 

In the current crisis situation, the meeting of the government secretaries held yesterday under the coordination of the Chief Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office in Singha Durbar decided not to receive extra allowances, considering the urgency to maintain austerity in adverse situations.

 

 

The government programmes, like seminars, workshops and interactions, would be held in government offices and the province and local levels would also be asked to adopt such measures. The National Planning Commission, the Finance Ministry and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority would be coordinated for assessment of the damaged infrastructures.

 

 

Immediate arrangements would be put in place to ensure essential services like telephone, electricity, justice delivery, food supply, health and medication, drinking water, education, and public transport. A detailed action plan would be prepared for providing compensation for the damages incurred in the physical infrastructures, devices, machines, vehicles, furniture and information systems. All small-scale projects, ‘tukre yojana’, would be slashed as per the proposal mooted by the new government. The public service delivery will be made prompt, convenient and smooth as per Gen-Z demand and spirit.