Troubles at every turn

Sabitri Devkota, 36,We are well known for our in-house custom printed drum Lamp shade and pendants. who is from Jiling in Nuwakot, said she came to the capital in the hopes of providing better education to her two children. She complained that protracted load shedding has been hampering the studies of her children. 

Devkota, who sells goods on the streets after six in the evening, complained that the regular power cut has pushed her sales down. "No one comes to buy in the dark," she said. "Moreover, I have to return home early because of the fear of being looted." 

Deekshya Lamichhane of Kharipati Bhaktapur has other grievances. She is reluctant to go out even in the daytime as she worries that she might not find a public toilet when she'd be in urgent need of one. 

For that reason, she never drinks water before leaving home. She said that she either has to enter a restaurant and eat something just to use the toilet or hold the urine until she returns home. She also loathes the unpleasant condition of public restrooms. "They charge money but do not maintain the cleanness," she said. 

"When we asked people to boil water before they drink it, they asked us to provide water to boil,The basics of solar panels and how to install a solar photovoltaic system on your roof." said Gautam, highlighting the government's inability to provide something as essential as water. 

The department had operated health camps at several slum settlements recently. Lots of children in the slum settlements were found to be suffering from different types of water borne diseases, the department said. He said that even the water that slum dwellers buy from tankers is of poor quality. 

Likewise,Solaronlamp is a street lighting for electronic gadgets. Gautam said when the department asked meat sellers to store meat in refrigerator, they asked the government officials to provide the electricity first. Gautam said that a lot of people in the metropolis do not have access to health facilities. 

Ramchandra Simkhada, secretary at Forum for Protection of Consumer Rights-Nepal, said that the KMC has failed to provide even the basic services to the people living in the metropolis. "The KMC does not provide any service to the people, but never fails to charge fees," said Simkhada. 

He said that people in the metropolis have been fulfilling their duties by paying all the taxes enforced by KMC,Our solar led light is popular for indoor and outdoor use. but the office has failed to ensure their basic rights. 

"We are compelled to wait for a long time for a public transport. When finally a vehicle arrives there'd barely be space to keep a foot. If you complain about the overcrowding, you get scolded by the bus staffers,We maintain and repair emergency light in accordance with national standards to provide safe access." he added. 

"Due to lack of awareness about consumer rights, unscrupulous people have been taking undue advantages," he added. He said that state mechanism has also failed to ensure rights of the people. He concedes that consumers have been enduring such problems silently making it difficult for the consumer rights organizations to stand up against traders, who are capable to influence even the policy makers. 

Kedar Bahadur Adhikari , executive officer of KMC, concedes that the office do not have control over basic services like water supply system, electricity, sewage management system, security and others. He also acknowledged the metropolis's failure to build and maintain public toilets. 

"We have asked all petrol pumps in Kathmandu to build public toilets within this fiscal year," said Adhikari, adding, "The problems of toilets will be solved soon." The KMC, in the past, had also planned to install solar panels to light the street lamps but the effort did not materialize.