Citizenship to 104-year-old Chepang woman

Raksirang rural municipality-7, 104 year old Majnimaya Chepang of Dhusaini was given the citizenship certificate by Chief District Officer Sedai on Friday. After Prazia Sedhai held the certificate in her hand, her face lit up .

At that time, Rajkumar Malla, chairman of the rural municipality, went to her ear and told her that now she will get 4,000 old age allowance. At that time, his face was smiling . The oldest old woman in the municipality She was deprived of state facilities for years due to her lack of citizenship . Although he does not have citizenship, the village municipality has been giving him 2,000 rupees monthly for the past one year. Majni has also been declared the oldest citizen of the municipality.

Although she is a senior citizen, she was still stateless. Even when the citizenship distribution camp was operating in Silinge, Raksirang, she could not reach there. Both his eyes had lost sight for the past 7 years. The elder daughter-in-law, Ausimaya Chepang, makes her do it inside and outside the house as well.

Ausimaya Chepang has also reached 70 years. But he has citizenship. She took citizenship at the camp conducted in Silinge. At that time, Majnimaya was denied citizenship because there was no one to take her to the camp.

At the request of the rural municipality, a team including Prazia Sedhai, officer of the office Sahdev Acharya, police superintendent of district police office Hetouda Sitaram Rizal, police superintendent of armed police office Hetounda Gyan Prasad Bhurtel and security personnel went to Majnimaya's house to grant citizenship.

Majnimaya, who was staying inside the house to get citizenship from Prazia, was brought to the balcony of the house by her daughter-in-law holding her hand and leading her. Village Chairman Malla, Ward President Ram Bahadur Chepang, Chief Administrative Officer of the village Devchandra Gadtaula and other local residents, Prazia Sedai handed over the citizenship certificate to Chepang.

Handing over the certificate of citizenship, Prazia Sedai said that she was very happy to come and give the certificate of citizenship to her disabled old mother. But she did not have children.

After she did not have a child Husband Sarashi Chepang had a second marriage. Souta's son's wife Ausi Maya has been taking care of him. Almost 30 years have passed since the death of Majnimaya's husband . Now there is food shortage in the remote settlement of Raksirang . They are forced to fill their stomachs by eating wild kandamul .

In the corner of Majnimaya's house, githa and vakur were kept for eating . The sons of this Kandamul Ausi found it in the forest and brought it. Due to the lack of food, the old woman was told by the rural municipality A sack of rice, salt, oil and pulses were provided . Chepang Wahulya in that rural municipality, more than 25 percent of Chepangs are still without citizenship.

'Discussions are underway to distribute citizenship to the Chepang stateless Chepangs by bringing them to the village.'