Dhanauji Rural Municipality Announces New Schemes for Daughters' Higher Education and Public Transport

Janakpurdham. Dhanauji Rural Municipality has put forward a new plan to encourage the higher education of daughters who are unmarried even after completing 20 years of age. By making such a provision in the policy and program for the upcoming fiscal year 2083/84, the rural municipality has announced to provide educational incentive amount to daughters and honor their parents.

The rural municipality believes that this plan will expand access to higher education for daughters and also help in reducing child marriage.

In the policy and program presented by Chairman Rajkumar Sah at the 15th village assembly of Dhanauji Rural Municipality, a plan to operate a regular bus service at a low fare from Dhanauji to Janakpurdham to facilitate the daily commute of local residents has also been included. This plan has been brought with the objective of providing easy transportation to local residents who have to go to Janakpurdham for education, health, administrative services, and business.

According to the Chief Administrative Officer of the Rural Municipality, Rajkumar Das, the rural municipality is going to operate the bus service on its own initiative to solve the problems faced by the locals due to the lack of private vehicles and the irregularity of public transport.

The policy and program have given special priority to health, nutrition, education, agriculture, and social security. By effectively implementing the multi-sectoral nutrition program, the goal is to declare Dhanauji as a 'fully nutritious rural municipality' within the next five years. Programs related to malnutrition reduction, improvement of maternal and child health, and nutrition awareness will be conducted.

Basic health services will be provided to senior citizens at their homes, along with health check-ups and consultations. The rural municipality has also adopted a policy of providing free ambulance service from home to the district hospital for senior citizens and lactating mothers.

In the agriculture sector, a program called 'One Village, Many Gardens' will be operated to develop gardens of fruits and other crops, and a grant program will be operated to increase agricultural production, create employment, and increase farmers' income.

Dhanauji Rural Municipality has proposed a budget of 60 crore 65 lakh 57 thousand rupees for the upcoming fiscal year 2083/84. Of this, 35 crore 10 lakh 57 thousand rupees have been allocated for current expenditure and 25 crore 55 lakh rupees for capital expenditure.

The rural municipality has stated that education, health, agriculture, social security, roads and infrastructure, drinking water, sanitation, and institutional strengthening have been kept as the main priorities of the budget.