Remote Kalikot has been declared the first open defecation free district in Karnali. With active participation of the local residents, toilets have been constructed in each household of all the 30 VDCs of the district. It took four years of campaign to achieve this after the first initiation was taken in Jimjedi of Badalkot VDC in 2009. Reports said that the local villagers danced Deuda and Hudke, different dance forms, during a ceremony to declare the title.[break]
Madhesi journalists to be recognized
Madhesi Journalist Association has established three different awards to recognize the efforts made by Madhesi journalists to raise the voices of those living in Tarai Madhes. The two prizes worth Rs. 11,000 are Gajendra Narayan Smriti Baristha Madhesi Patrikarita Puruskar and Shahid Ramesh Mahato Yuva Patrakarita Puruskar will be awarded to a senior journalist and young journalist respectively while Rs. 5000 worth of Kriyashil Madhesi Mahila Patrakarita Puruskar will be given to a woman journalist. The annual awards will be handed over on Baisakh 11, the day the association was established.
Ashish Chaudhary wins four golds
Ashish Chaudhary set three national records at the school level during the inter region nationwide president running shield athletics competition. He set the records in 200 m (22.5 sec), 100 m (10.9 sec) and 4X100 m relay (45.8) along with his compatriots Raj Kumar Chaudhary, Shikhar Uprety and Prem Narayan Mahato. He also won gold in the long jump event with a leap of 6.30 meters making four golds in the competition.
Indra Malla win veteran’s run in Malaysia
Veteran athlete Indra Malla won two gold medals at the recently concluded 27th Malaysian International Masters Athletics Championship held in Kuala Lumpur. Malla won 3,000 m walking event in the 45 and above category while she bagged the Javelin Throw event which was participated in by 29 participants from 10 countries, according to Nepal Amateur Veteran Athlete Committee.
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