Kathmandu, Sept 5 : Two persons were killed in a road accident at Naraha rural municipality along the Siraha-Chauharwa road section. The accident took place when a motorbike heading to Siraha from Chauharwa hit a stationary tractor (Ja 1 Ta 4329).

The deceased are the bike rider and pillion rider. They were on an ‘on test’ bike. The deceased are bike rider Amesh Mahato-19 of Siraha municipality-5 and Sunil Sada-21 of the same place. According to police, they died in course of treatment at Uma Prasad Memorial Hospital. Similarly, a 19-year old Mithlesh Sada is critically injured in the incident and has been rushed to Biratanagar for further treatment.

Meanwhile, two youths are arrested on a charge of gang rape. The arrested are 21-year old Dipendra Mukhiya and 20-year old Dinesh Yadav of Golbazaar Municipality-10. The police received a complaint that girl was reportedly raped by a five-member gang. A search has been mounted for the remaining three members of the gang.

SIRAHA, Nov 27: The first phase of elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assemblies has already concluded in 32 districts. When the people of remaining 45 districts including Siraha are eagerly waiting for the arrival of December 7, the day fixed for the second and final phase of elections, to exercise their franchise right, a Dum (Dalit of Tarai) settlement in Lahan is an exception.

As the election fever catches up every settlement, hotels and shops in Lahan, the district headquarters, the Dum settlement adjoining it, has not seen the arrival of any election candidate or a political party, asking them for votes.

The settlement, home to seven Dum households, lies in Matirwa of Lahan Municipality-1.

“We have neither yet seen any political candidate at our village nor anyone else to make us aware of the right voting process when the twin elections are around the corner,” said one Bijay Marik. He said they even don’t know about the faces in the election race from their constituency.

The Dum people who are in 21 in number are residing on the public land as they do not have their own land. The number of voters is 10. They have the complain that no political party reached to their doorsteps during the election campaign. They do pig rearing and make bamboo products for livelihood.

Besides, they have grudges over those people who visited the settlement with the promises of better road facility, easier process for the citizenship certificate and other official documents, free medical treatment and so on during the local level elections, but did not feel necessary to give them a second glance since the election.

“Our community is plagued by poverty, illiteracy and lack of awareness and such problems are synonyms of the Dum settlements in other parts of the Tarai. Our votes count in the victory of many leaders but the life we are living since we know never changes for better,” said a local Renu Marik.

Chapali Marik of the same locality has the similar story to share with. She said they have been living here since four generations. They don’t have their private land. In every previous election, political leaders approached us with promises of doing something to improve our living standard, but they never lived up to their words, she recalled.

This time, they want to see election candidates literally committed to the development of their locality and having hearts of internalizing their issues at their doorsteps.

The Lahan Municipality is part of the Siraha constituency 1. Pradeep Giri of Nepali Congress, Ganga Prasad Yadav of left alliance and Rajlal Yadav of Federal Socialist Forum- Rastriya Janata Party Nepal alliance are among others in the race for the federal election from this constituency. RSS

LAHAN, Sept 15: One hundred and nine polling booths in Siraha district have been identified as very sensitive in terms of poll security, the District Police Office, Siraha has stated.

Superintendent of Police (SP) at the DPO Shekhar Koirala said that 109 out of the total 219 polling booths in the district have been classified as very sensitive and 84 as sensitive. Only 26 polling booths have been put under the normal category.

SP Koirala said high security arrangement has been made at all the polling booths targeting the local level election taking place in the district on September 18.

He added that special security plan has been put in place to stop criminal and hooliganism that might take place at the polling booths adjoining the border with India. RSS 

SIRAHA, July 19: Scorching heat in the past few days has affected normal life of people in the district.

People’s movement has been restricted largely as they are finding it difficult to step out of their homes due to excessive hot, the locals said.

The blowing of hot and dry wind alongside sweltering temperature has added to the woes of the locals.
Similarly, with excessive heat taking its toll, cases of people suffering from diarrhoea, cold and fever are rampant while snake-bite incidents are increasing, health workers said.

The District Hospital is receiving 40 to 50 patients of the diseases on a daily basis, said hospital medical superintendent Dr Chuman Lal Das.

Likewise, the pressure of snake-bite cases at the hospital and the snake-bite treatment center is also increasing, he added. RSS

Dinesh Mahato of Inarwa VDC-2 and his brother in law Sushil Mahato Rajbiraj from Saptari district were ‘abducted’ from Dinesh’s chicken farm at around 11:00 pm on Thursday.

Dinesh is a Bachelor’s level student at JS Multiple Campus in Lahan and arrived his home on the same day to celebrate the Dashain holiday reported the National News Service on Saturday.

Whereabout of the duo remained unknown informed Dhakendra Khatiwada, Police Inspector at Ward Police Office, Lahan while informing that the search team has been deployed for the quest.

Meanwhile some blood spots were seen near the abduction scene and suspicions are rife that the duo has been murdered as no ransom has been demanded for their release.

Police has arrested Dinesh’s brother Dhanbir Mahato, Shiva Narayan Mandal, Shanker Mahato, Ramudgar Mahato and Nathuni Mahato for the investigation the report further added.