Comments on: Traffic Chaos in Kathmandu http://wagle.com.np/2006/12/17/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/ Dinesh Wagle Online... Diary of a Nepali Journalist Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: James http://wagle.com.np/2006/12/17/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-171 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:59:55 +0000 http://www.wagle.com.np/dinwag/dinesh-wagle-blog/2006/12/18/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-171 Dineshji, thanks for the great new research topic recommendation! I’ve been to a place near Koteshwor which I’m sure was spelt ‘Bore’! But a multinational company name like Pepsi Cola…thats great!

The archives you got back are very useful for me thanks. Nways and more importantly, hope the talks work and you don’t suffer more mind-numbing strikes. Oh btw wives, hubbies and whole families are about to fight for 3 long days in the UK: its called Christmas time :)

]]> By: Wagle http://wagle.com.np/2006/12/17/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-170 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:56:14 +0000 http://www.wagle.com.np/dinwag/dinesh-wagle-blog/2006/12/18/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-170 Well James,

You can have another research on the names of different places in Nepal like Pepsi Cola or Jadibuti (herbs) which is near to Koteshwor. May be after you are done with the blog research? :)

As for the archives, the news is that many of the posts aren’t retrievable but some have been posted and I am still continuing the job. We just had a strike (instant one) just yesterday. And other two are expected…

so, let me take words sapati from Zade to say: “Wakka lagisakyo!”

]]> By: United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal » Comrades Close Down Kathmandu http://wagle.com.np/2006/12/17/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-169 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:36:59 +0000 http://www.wagle.com.np/dinwag/dinesh-wagle-blog/2006/12/18/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-169 [...] As if the city was their small shop and they were the shopkeepers, Maoists comrades have pulled down the shutter of Kathmandu. Vehicles that were on road until an hour ago (10 AM) have now suddenly disappeared. All of a sudden, Maoist cadres have taken over the “control” of the road even as Nepal police are showing their presence. People are now forced to walk on the streets. Thousands are stranded in the bus stations. Maoists said that they called the instant banda (closure) of the Kathmandu Valley to protest Nepal government’s decision to nominate 14 ambassadors for different countries including the US, India, China and Russia. It seems that the list has only the names associated with ruling parties Nepali Congress, CPN UML and Nepali Congress (Democratic). A few are from civil service. Maoists are set to join the interim government to be formed within weeks if everything goes as planned and it is obvious that they are angry with this childish decision of the current SPA government. Maoists must be accepted as crucial element of the governing structure in Nepal. There is no way Nepal can move ahead sidelining Maoists. The government has nominated staunch royalist like Sailaja Acharya and kept Maoists in dark about the nominations. And general public has to face the difficulties because of the government’s foolishness. Yes, Maoists could have become more responsible and voiced their protest in other ways. Bandas are bad. They hurt people. But we see the government more responsible in creating this situation here. Why on earth Maosits were sidelined in those crucial nominations? The government must backtrack from these nominations and move forward taking Maoists into confidence. [...]

]]> By: United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal » Comrades Close Down Kathmandu http://wagle.com.np/2006/12/17/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-1065 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:36:59 +0000 http://www.wagle.com.np/dinwag/dinesh-wagle-blog/2006/12/18/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-1065 [...] As if the city was their small shop and they were the shopkeepers, Maoists comrades have pulled down the shutter of Kathmandu. Vehicles that were on road until an hour ago (10 AM) have now suddenly disappeared. All of a sudden, Maoist cadres have taken over the “control” of the road even as Nepal police are showing their presence. People are now forced to walk on the streets. Thousands are stranded in the bus stations. Maoists said that they called the instant banda (closure) of the Kathmandu Valley to protest Nepal government’s decision to nominate 14 ambassadors for different countries including the US, India, China and Russia. It seems that the list has only the names associated with ruling parties Nepali Congress, CPN UML and Nepali Congress (Democratic). A few are from civil service. Maoists are set to join the interim government to be formed within weeks if everything goes as planned and it is obvious that they are angry with this childish decision of the current SPA government. Maoists must be accepted as crucial element of the governing structure in Nepal. There is no way Nepal can move ahead sidelining Maoists. The government has nominated staunch royalist like Sailaja Acharya and kept Maoists in dark about the nominations. And general public has to face the difficulties because of the government’s foolishness. Yes, Maoists could have become more responsible and voiced their protest in other ways. Bandas are bad. They hurt people. But we see the government more responsible in creating this situation here. Why on earth Maosits were sidelined in those crucial nominations? The government must backtrack from these nominations and move forward taking Maoists into confidence. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Nepal: The roads of Khatmandu http://wagle.com.np/2006/12/17/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-168 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:21:59 +0000 http://www.wagle.com.np/dinwag/dinesh-wagle-blog/2006/12/18/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-168 [...] Wagle Street Journal on the chaotic traffic in Khatmandu. “If you want to protest, just go to the road and lie down there. Traveling in the city has become difficult because of these kind of small scale protests, I don’t know how many.” Neha Viswanathan [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Nepal: The roads of Khatmandu http://wagle.com.np/2006/12/17/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-1064 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:21:59 +0000 http://www.wagle.com.np/dinwag/dinesh-wagle-blog/2006/12/18/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-1064 [...] Wagle Street Journal on the chaotic traffic in Khatmandu. “If you want to protest, just go to the road and lie down there. Traveling in the city has become difficult because of these kind of small scale protests, I don’t know how many.” Neha Viswanathan [...]

]]> By: James http://wagle.com.np/2006/12/17/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-167 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:37:27 +0000 http://www.wagle.com.np/dinwag/dinesh-wagle-blog/2006/12/18/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-167 Sorry to hear about your traffic jam n strike problems but interesting to hear about a place called ‘pepsi cola’! Hope you can all blog out ur frustrations. Just wanted to say thats its great news (and something like an early christmas present for me n my study!) that you are recovering some of the lost UWB archives. The posts are an important part of Nepali blogging history that I thought had been lost forever in cyberspace. Good job with blogmandu too. Wish you a happy n strike-free christmas time!

]]> By: Zade http://wagle.com.np/2006/12/17/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-166 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:18:50 +0000 http://www.wagle.com.np/dinwag/dinesh-wagle-blog/2006/12/18/traffic-chaos-in-kathmandu/#comment-166 Good to know the traffic updates before heading home! Ani yah the only thing left to happen is the wives and hubbies figthing on the road. The funny thing is the cause of jams ( i mean no one really knows wht is going on).. Hallai halla ko desh na ho. And this stage that the roads of ktm have turned into should be a matter of concern to all, jo ayo sadak tataune! kasto selfish way to put forth one’s demands..and Arniko highway! Come to think of it, its the Highway for heaven’s sake, and yet we don’t care! Pheri yo land use compensation ko kura kahan bata ayo?? I think the we nepalese esp the Kathmanduites have gone out of their minds in the name of Loktantra, as if anything is permissible..its always the rights, always demand, never responsibilities…uffff i think i needa head home now, akhir hindunai parne bhaihalyo, the sooner i leave the better! I wonder when we will be more sensible.. :( Wakka lagisakyo!

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