Construction
of tunnel at Ghalemdi Hydro Power Project
Babiyachaur
(Myagdi), Aug 21: The construction of a tunnel of Ghalemdi Hydro Power Project
at Narchyang of Annapurna rural municipality – 4 has been completed.
Two tunnels
constructed from the dam and outlet were linked together on Sunday under the
five – megawatt project being developed by the Ghalemdi Hydro Ltd.
A 1000 – metre
tunnel was constructed from the outlet which was linked with the 695 – metre
tunnel jutting out from the dam, according to company's Chairman, Kishor
Subedi.
Due to lack of a
road network to the dam located in the lap of Mt Annapurna, the necessary
building materials had been transported on a mule. The tunnel was dug out with
use of explosives under the supervision of Nepal Army and the police force. RSS
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02- RBB staff arrested as accomplice in bank fraud case
Gaushala, Aug
21: The local authorities here have arrested an employee with the Rastriya
Banijya Bank (RBB) in Mahottari for alleged involvement in the Rs 4 million
bank fraud case.
RPP Jaleshwor
Branch's senior assistant technician, Mahendra Sah, 57, of Jaleshwor
municipality – 2 was taken into custody as an accomplice after two employees at
the Bardibas branch were arrested for using fake signatures to withdraw Rs 2
million from an account holder.
Sah has been
overseeing the signature management in the Jaleshwor branch and sending
signatures to all the other branches, according to District Police Office,
Mahottari's Superintendent of Police (SP), Kuber Kathayat.
RBB Bardibas'
senior assistant duo, Jagadish Kafle, 48, of Bardibas municipality – 8 and
Ambika Poudel, 35, of Dhulikehl municipality – 11 were arrested more than a
week ago in the case.
They had
withdrawn the amount with help of a forged cheque from a savings account no
80394 belonging to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Regional Office
Biratnagar's engineer, Sri Prakash Narayan Singh, a native of Sandha in
Mahottari.
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They had also
withdrawn Rs 500,000 from RBB branch office in Lalbandi of Sarlahi district and
Rs 1.5 million from RBB's Mirchaiya branch in Siraha using forged cheques.
Singh filed a
complaint with the District Police Office, Mahottari leading to the arrest of
the two staffers. During police interrogation, the duo also named five other
employees as accomplices in the scam.
A technician was
arrested in course of the investigation into the two charged under the banking
fraud case, police said. RSS
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03- Second one –
horned rhino rescued from India
Ratnanagar
(Chitwan), Aug 21: One more one-horned rhino swept away across the border to
India by a swollen river has been rescued unharmed.
The mature
female rhino was rescued from India's Balmiki town and brought back home this
morning to Sauraha, Chitwan National Park (CNP) assistant conservation
official, Abhiyan Pathak said.
The rhino was
darted and transported on a truck from India. It arrived at 1:30 am at the
eastern sector of Sauraha in CNP. This is the second one-horned rhino to be
swept away to India and rescued unharmed.
Two more rhinos
have been swept away to India and the CNP has dispatched a technical team to
retrieve the rhinos, CNP Information Official and assistant conservation
official, Nurendra Aryal said.
On August 18, a
female one-horned rhino of estimated two and a half years of age was rescued
from Bagaha area located 42 km sought of the Nepal – India border. RSS
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04- 14 – year – old disappears after
jumping into Seti river
Pokhara, Aug 21:
A teenage girl has disappeared after jumping into the Seti river at Ramghat
section in Pokhara – Lekhnath Metropolitan City.
14 – year – old
Agni Gurung, a native of Shivachowk and currently living at Ram Bazaar, jumped
into the river on Sunday evening, according to Baidam Ward Police Office. She
is a ninth grader at Kalika Higher Secondary School.
Police have also
recovered what seems to be a suicide note in which Gurung has written 'No one
should touch my body'. RSS
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05- Nepali migrant worker dies in India
Jajarkot, Aug
21: A youth who went to India to earn money through manual work to fund his
studies has died.
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21 – year – old
Gopal Rawat of Junichande rural municipality – 1 had gone to Rajgarh in Sirmaur
of India in search of work on July 21.
He died in a
road accident at Bhuinra link road in Sirmaur, according to his relative
Krishna Bahadur Khadka.
Rawat is a 12th
grader at Aadarsha Higher Secondary School located at Luhadaha of Junichande
rural municipality – 4. Most of the youths from poor economic background here
have a tendency to go to India to find work and make money to feed their family
members. RSS
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06- Ward member dies after getting swept
by river
Dadeldhura, Aug
21: A ward member has died after getting swept away by the Puturu river at
Parasuram municipality, said police.
45 – year – old
Narab Bahadur Dhami of ward no 6 was swept away at 8:30 pm on Sunday night
while returning home from Jogbudha Bazaar.
He was wading
across the river when the incident took place. His body was recovered one km
downstream on Monday morning, Jogbudha Area Police Office said. RSS
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(Editor : Sandesh Shrestha)
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