कुबेतमा २ नेपालीको मृत्‍यु, दुताबासको बेवास्ता

उटीमा रहेको अबस्थामा अल मुल्ला ग्रुप स्यकुरिटी डिभिजनमा कार्यरत टन्क बहादुर शाहीलाई अल शाया कम्पनीको मालबाहक ट्रकले ठक्कर दिदा घटना स्थलमै मृत्‍यु भयो। अल साया कम्पनीको गाडीले समान झारेर फर्कने क्रममा गेट छेउमा रहनु भएका शाहीलाई ट्रकको पछाडिको चक्काले भेटेको थियो। घटनापछी तत्काल उनलाई हस्पिटल लगिएको थियो तर हस्पिटल पुग्ने अघिनै उनले यो संसारलाई छोडी सक्नु भएको थियो। थर्पु बजार तनहुँ घर भएका शाही ४५ बर्षको हुनुहुन्थ्यो र बिगत साडे पाच बर्षदेखी सो कम्पनीमा कार्यरत हुनुहुन्थ्यो। उहाँको मृत्‍युपछी तत्काल कम्पनीका अन्य नेपालीहरुले छलफल गरि उहाँको पार्थित शरीरलाई छिटो भन्दा छिटो नेपाल कसरी पठाने र नियम अनुसार पाउने इन्सुरेन्सको रकमको बिषय अल साया कम्पनी र अल मुल्ला कम्पनीसँग तत्काल कुरा उठाएका थिए। अल सया कम्पनीले नियम अनुसार
इन्सुरेन्सको रकम उपलब्द्द गराउने भए ता पनि अल मुल्लाले भने के कति दिने वा नदिने केही जबाफ दिएको छैन। कम्पनीमा पहिला भएका घटनाहरुमा पनि इन्सुरेन्सको रकम उपलब्द्द नगराएको कुरा कम्पनीमा कार्यरत नेपालीहरु बताउछन । घटना डिउटी मै भएको हुनाले सत प्रतिशत पाउनु पर्ने माग पनि उनीहरुको छ। उता पार्थित शरीरलाई नेपाल पठाउन कम्पनीले तत्काल कागज पत्र तयार गरिदिएको छ तर नेपालको दुताबास साउदीले महिनौ लगाउने हुनाले अफन्तहरु चिन्तित छन। दुताबासमा पटक पटक संपर्क गर्दा कुबेतलाई हेर्ने अहीले छुटै निकाय छ हामीले हेर्नु पर्दैन भन्छ भने यता कुबेतमा आउन लागेको दुताबासका सम्भन्दित निकायलाई संपर्क गर्दा हामी कानुनी रुपमा कुबेतमा दुताबास स्थापना नभै सकेको हुनाले साउदीले नै हेर्नु पर्ने जबाफ दिएर पन्छेको गुनासो छ। अचानो को चोट खुकुरीलाई के थाहा भने झै नेपालको सरकारी निकायको लाचारी पनले गर्दा कुबेतमा सबैलाई निकै समस्या परेको छ। आफन्तले यस बिषयमा आएर एन आर एन गुहारेको छ र यस बिषयमा छलफल गरेर छिटै समाधान गरिने आस्वासन सचिब सुजन के.सी ले दिनु भएको छ। हामीले सक्दो सहयोग हर्ने छौ र दुताबासलाई दुर्घटना केसको लागि कागज पत्र बनाउन केही समय लाग्ने हुनाले आफन्तलाई धैर्य गर्न अनुरोध गर्नु भएको छ। पाच दिन अघि शरीरमा असजिलो महसुस भयो भनेर स्वस्थ्य परिक्षण गराउन जानु भएका अल मुल्ला ग्रुपमै कार्यरत बिजेशोरी गबिस-१५ तनहुका समसोदिन मियाको पनि हस्पिटलमै हिर्दयघात भएर मृत्‍यु भएको थियो। उहाँको पार्थित शरीर पनि अहीले हस्पिटलमै छ। चार बर्ष छ महिना देखि कार्यरत मियाको पनि दुताबासले कागज पत्र पठाएँको छैन र कम्पनीले इन्सुरेन्सको रकम दिने नदिने निदो दिएको छैन। कागज पत्र छिटो पठाइ दिन दुताबासलाई संपर्क गर्दा समय लाग्छ तपाईंहरुको मात्र काम होइन नी हामीलाई धेरै काम गर्नु पर्छ पर्खनुस् भन्ने झड्किलो जबाफ पाएको आफन्तको गुनासो छ ।-आर.बी. बुढाथोकी,अबुहलिफा (कुबेत)

New ANA- Board and Programs

Fellow members and well wishers,

Thank you for the overwhelming support and ideas that you showered us since our last call for participation. We had campaigned on promise to change ANA now we are going to deliver it. The deliberate systems approach has produced very promising pathways. 

Our first step was to conduct the survey for your ideas. Then we asked for your involvement. Then we asked the previously involved to recommit. It turns out a lot of the Diaspora had a sense of kinship with ANA and were looking to make a positive contribution to the community once there was an opportunity. We structured the new ANA to make that happen.

Being the national platform organization, we pledged during the election that we would make ANA be inclusive and be truly representative of the entire community of Nepali Americans, expatriate Nepalis, and friends of Nepal. What better way to make that into reality than having the executive board, that shapes policies and strategies of ANA, become the common forum for the elected representatives of local organizations of North America, and reinforce our unity.

Thus, now we have in new ANA Executive Board members, recognized community leaders, so far consisting of:

Ananta Risal, President, Friends of Nepal- New Jersey
Dilli Poudel, past General Secretary, Baltimore Association of Nepalis in America
Jangbu Sherpa, past President, Greater Boston Nepalese Community
Laxmi Gaudel, Treasurer, America Nepal Society- Washington, D.C.
Mohan Timilsina, General Secretary, Nepali Association of Georgia
Neelam Shrestha, President, Rocky Mountain Friends of Nepal
Ram Pokhrel- President, Nepalese Society of Texas
Shambhu Dhungana- President, Friends of Nepal- Los Angeles
Utsav Gurung, President, Greater Boston Nepalese Community

We are coordinating on inducting more of your local community leaders near the place you live, in the next phase.   

Realizing community goals and objectives is a challenge when all of us have limited time we share with families and professional work. To maximize the return on our efforts, we need a set of functional expertise led by dedicated volunteers on that program. The second entity of the new ANA is the Functional Programs. Functional Programs will be working autonomously to further the goals of all Nepali community in North America, and it will be lead by the Program Director.

The Program Directors are the recognized and dedicated community stalwarts and will be aided by a team of functional specialists- all volunteers, to promote the common objectives, and attain the goals set to achieve them. From next week we will be introducing the Functional Programs in detail. Below is the partial list.

Basanta Shrestha, Senior Litterateur; Academic Nepali Literature Council
Govinda Giri Prerana, Chief Editor- Vishwaparikrama; North America Media Club
Mahendra Poudel, Promoter, Nepal Promotion and Projects
Medini Adhikari, ANA VP; Issues Advocacy and Lobbying
Prahlad KC, Entrepreneur; Non Resident Nepali
Prem Raja Mahat, Legendary Artist; Culture Preservation and Promotion
Priyanka Upadhyaya, Student; ANA Youth Association
Sajesh Giri, NASA Engineer; Planet Nepal Wiki
ANA Executive Board; Emergency Fund


One of the most successful program launched by ANA- Nepal Educational and Cultural Center (NECC), a subsidiary of ANA, near Washington, DC has reached another milestone by restructuring the loan and now the dream of realizing our big community center and temple in the 9 acre property is a step closer with construction. We will be sharing knowledge and expertise to have Nepal Center on all major cities in North America. Kudos to hundreds of volunteers, Area Co-ordinators and NECC Management Committee led by Dr. Mahendra Karki.

Similarly ANA Scholarship Program that have been conducted by Dr. Tulasi Joshi, Professor, Fairmont University for over 20 years will continue to be an example for all and will be strengthened. Full details of the program will be shared with local organizations and can be found on anaonline.org.

We want to acknowledge that Mr. Hari K. Sharma, CPA and community leader, has been reappointed Auditor General, and will continue to independently audit and file ANA and NECC finances. He was instrumental in successful issuance of ANA Promissory Notes.

There are lot more happenings in the organization, internal and external, that we have not been able to communicate effectively but are working on it. Rest assured we will do our utmost. We ask you to stay involved and continue to give direction to your Association of Nepalis in the Americas.

Best wishes and regards,

ANA Executive Board