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Lumbini aims to curb hill-terai migration and child marriages through new policies and programs



TULSIPUR, DANG: The Lumbini Province government has presented its policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year 2081-82 (2024-25) before the Province Assembly. Province Chief Amik Sherchan presented them in the Assembly today.

The government has pledged a feasibility study to establish community childcare centers at four locations: Ghorahi, Lumbini, Butwal, and Nepalgunj within the province.

On the occasion, the Province Chief said the concept aims to retain working women who are likely to quit their jobs after having a baby due to their prescribed roles of caring for the child.

The provincial government assures of developing a 10-year strategy to combat early marriage and make the province free from child marriage by 2030 AD.

It has announced providing self-defense training for girls, establishing a province-level child protection home, and so on.

Subsidies in agriculture based on production, modernization of agriculture with the use of technology, a feasibility study for the Buddha Touristic Circuit: Lumbini-Dhorpatan-Dunai-Jumla-Khalanga-Rara-Kankrebihar-Kohalpur-Lumbini, promotion of trans-province cooperation, construction of disabled-friendly roadways, and the launch of a special drinking water program at Koilabas point of Dang are among the announcements incorporated in the government plans and policies.

The government has pursued policies to discourage migration from the hills to the Terai by establishing model settlements within the villages, building a herb processing industry within the province, launching awareness programs to minimize human-wildlife conflict, operating special classes for autistic children, and ensuring an internet facility for higher education students.

Similarly, it has pledged to recognize the mother tongue as an official language and manage air ambulance facilities for the rescue of expectant mothers.

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