Rasopa youth leader Urmila Bhurtel has called attention to the urgent need for responsible, selfless, and visionary leadership in Nepal, criticizing misplaced development priorities and highlighting gaps in healthcare and citizen welfare.
In a recent Facebook post, Bhurtel reflected on the contrast between large-scale infrastructure projects and the absence of essential public services. She noted that while a five bigha and five kattha plot of land has been used for the construction of a high-cost view tower—valued at more than 2.5 billion Nepalese rupees—the same resources could have been allocated to establish a modern trauma hospital in Koshi Province, providing critical medical care to remote villagers.
Bhurtel emphasized that without such facilities, patients from distant and rugged villages are often forced to travel to Kathmandu or even India for emergency treatment, frequently risking their lives and exhausting their family resources. She pointed out that these citizens, who are the true backbone of the nation, face unnecessary hardship while state resources are diverted to vanity projects.
“If this country had prioritized trauma care over luxury towers, citizens would not have been left at the mercy of distant hospitals, nor would parents be forced to leave their children behind to seek medical help abroad,” she wrote.
Bhurtel further lamented that the same land, once a productive resource, has been transformed into concrete structures rather than serving public welfare. She urged the nation to seek leaders who are capable, honest, ethical, visionary, and selfless—leaders who can enact laws for public good and act as true guardians of citizens’ well-being.
Her post resonates with a growing discourse in Nepal about accountable governance, ethical leadership, and prioritizing public health infrastructure over prestige projects.
