‘State can meet demands of Bankariya’

HETAUDA: MARCH. 25 – Chief of Bagmati State Yadav Chandra Sharma has said the state can meet the demands of the Bankariya community.

Listed as one of the most endangered indigenous ethnic communities in the country, the community is based only in the Makanwanpur district.

At a programme on gender equality and social inclusion strategy training for the members of the Bankariya community, the State Chief said it was the state’s responsibility to ensure the basic needs of the members of this community adding that they were the most endangered ethnic people.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister of Bagmati State Rajendra Prasad Pandey said the State Government will take responsibility for the safe settlement of the Bankariya people.

Visiting the Bankariya settlement at Manahari Rural Municipality in the district, the Chief Minister said his government was serious to address the problems of this ethnic community’s livelihood.

He assured to resettle them with quality education and good health care services by developing new infrastructures. The community is at present living temporarily in the lands belonging to the Parsa Wildlife Reserve.

The Chief Minister added that the settlements of Bankariya and Chepang would be resettled in a safe site.

On the occasion, the leader of the Bankariya community, Santamaya Bankariya, said the community’s key issue is lack of land plot.

Likewise, the vice-chairperson of the Manahari Rural Municipality Manila Bista announced to provide scholarships in technical education and provide health insurance for free to the members of the Bankariya community.

Lately, the population of the impoverished ethnic community is also declining rapidly due to various reasons. At present, the population of the community across the country is just 81.

-RSS