गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Drinking water and electricity issues prominent in prisons during COVID-19 Nepal Drinking water and electricity issues prominent in prisons during COVID-19 KathmanduPati September 30, 2020 File Photo KATHMANDU: The National Human Rights Commission has monitored the status of prisoners’ human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. A team headed by NHRC member Sudeep Pathak had monitored the situation of inmates in Jumla on Tuesday. The monitoring team arrived in Jumla after taking stock of inmates’ human rights status in 12 districts of the country. The human rights team also held interactions with security agencies, journalists and human rights defenders in the district. On the occasion, NHRC commissioner Pathak highlighted the importance of human rights protection along with the efforts to prevent and control the pandemic. He further shared that the NHRC monitoring team has arrived in Jumla to take stock of the impacts of COVID-19 in the human rights sector, the situation of prisoners and detainees and violent activities recently taking place in the jail. He said that the team would present a report to the government covering the problems faced by the citizens in the time of crisis. Among the key problems shared with the monitoring team were road conditions, electricity and human resource in health facilities. The nine inmates of the district prison who had contracted the virus have now recovered. The inmates are facing an acute shortage in drinking water and electricity. “The inmates here are always vulnerable to different diseases as we are still compelled to drink contaminated water supplied from the Tila River,” said Khadkajeet Rokaya, who is an inmate. Although the doctors have diagnosed water-borne diseases among the prisoners, concerned authorities have been turning away from the issue. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Floods and landslides obstruct highways Foreign Ministry issues ‘travel advisory’ for Middle East in view… Achieving nation’s prosperity are goals set by constitution and republic:… NC decides to mourn demise of leader Shastri for three… Vehicles to ply along the Gwarko flyover after four days RPP not to take allowance for one day of parliamentary… Top Headlines Relevance of Prithivi Narayan Shah in Contemporary Nepal1 Scrutinizing Relevance of Prithivi Narayan Shah´s Thoughts and Strategy2 Photo exhibition at Nepal Army Headquarters3 Ncell is the FIRST Nepali Telecom Company to receive ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications for information security and data privacy4 Gold price ups Rs 2,000 per tola5 NA team sets out on Gorakha-Kathmandu march to promote ‘unification route’6 PM Oli, Sri Lankan’s former President meet7 PM Oli extends New Year greetings8 TRENDING A phone call that paved the way for RAW Chief’s visit to Nepal National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire no more Lockdown 2.0: What the Government should do this time around Namrata is Miss Nepal 2020 Nepal Army opens investigation into case of captains thrashing soldier in Congo Govt Making Preparations to Reduce the Tenure of Armed Police Force’s IG to Three Years Tourism entrepreneurs get crash course in Chinese language “Ranju Darshana: Government has been using superiority approach to handling pandemic”
