Dwelling Ministry addresses worries around use of old map on decorations

KATHMANDU: The Home Ministry has issued a clarification on the use of previous map of Nepal seen in the decorations and medals conferred on a variety of personalities by the President on April 9.

President Bidhya Devi Bhandari conferred honorary tiles, decorations and medals on many personalities Friday.

The media, typical public and civil culture marked the use of old map in the titles yesterday and thoughts were lifted on the government and even protests have been held in the funds currently.

Issuing a push launch Saturday, the House Ministry addressed the worries lifted considering the fact that yesterday.

According to the ministry, the honors conferred on Friday were being supposed to be dispersed on April 1, 2020 (Baisakh 1st, 2077 BS). The distribution could not acquire area because of to COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of announcement, planning and distribution of the honors, the map experienced not been up-to-date.  Therefore, the aged map employed in the honors yesterday was the reputable map of Nepal at that time.

It has also stated that titles declared soon after the map was updated have been integrated with the new map. The new titles will be conferred on April 14, 2021 (Baisakh 1st, 2078 BS).