Govt Given 8 Days to Ensure Discount for Student

Eight student unions today served the government an eight-day ultimatum to implement the 45 per cent discount provision for students on transport fares. They warned that the students would launch a transport strike from July 23 if the government failed to ensure discounts by then.Earlier in the day, eight students ... ...held a meeting at the office of the All Nepal National Independent Students Union-Revolutionary.The students unions condemned the attack on students demonstrating peacefully in different parts of the country, including Palpa and Arghakhanchi. Claiming that the transporters had hired goons to attack students and educational institutions, the students unions demanded treatment for the injured and compensation for the vandalised institutions.The students unions also expressed concern about the delay in the admission of students in the Proficiency Certificate Level in Tribhuvan University-affiliated colleges. They demanded that TU open admission for the PCL.A memorandum was submitted to the Minister for Labour and Transport Management by the student unions demanding the implementation of students' discount on transportation fares.ANNISU-R general secretary Himal Sharma said Minister Ramesh Lekhak had pledged to publish a notice to the transporters to implement the discount provision meant for students.

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