Hark Sampang Pledges Rs 50,000 to Boy in Flood-Stricken Holding Center

Kathmandu. A flood that came at midnight on Saturday added to the disaster of the landless families taking shelter at the holding center in Kirtipur. After the flood entered the holding center, the scene of a small boy walking with a zebra bag on his shoulder while moving to a safe place was made public by Ratopati, and that picture has attracted the attention of many.

Sharing the same picture on Facebook, Hark Sampang, Chairman of the Labor Culture Party and Member of Parliament, announced that he would provide Rs 50,000 in financial assistance to the boy from his personal capacity.
Sampang wrote, 'I will provide Rs 50,000 to this boy from my personal capacity. This is a small balm from my side for the wound inflicted by this government.'

He expressed sorrow over the boy's condition and mentioned that although he could not stand by the victim, he wanted to support them through a small contribution.

In another long Facebook status, Sampang connected the issue of landless and unorganized residents with political debate and criticized the current government. Claiming that he had distributed house numbers, constructed drains, and provided budget and financial assistance for house repairs in the landless settlement when he was the mayor of Dharan, he accused the current government of making landless people homeless.

He wrote, 'The future of this boy and thousands and lakhs of such children is the future of this country. If the country is to be saved, the future of such children must be saved.'

Sampang, pointing to the bag carried by the boy in the picture, wrote emotionally, 'What might this boy be carrying in that zebra bag? Books? Or rice? Or clothes? Isn't he carrying dreams of the future? I think that zebra bag contains the dream of building this country.'

He urged everyone, writing, 'Save this boy, Nepali people... save this boy. That bag might contain the dream of building and saving the country.'

The picture was taken and made public by Ratopati on Saturday during the displacement of the affected families after the flood entered the holding center in Kirtipur. Subsequently, Sampang also shared the picture and announced financial assistance.