Experts said the recount will prepare basis for the much-talked categorization of Maoist combatants, whose management is at the center of the peace process. [break]
Accordingly, the Special Committee on Thursday decided to recruit surveyors to update the figure of the Maoist combatants staying in the 28 cantonments since 2007.
The secretariat has already short listed surveyors and the decision has paved the way for the recruitment of 210 surveyors.
“We will complete recruitment after Tihar and send them to the cantonments to update the number of Maoist combatants,” said Bala Nanda Sharma, convener of the secretariat.
Sharma said the secretariat will not recruit all 210 surveyors for the purpose of updating the combatants´ number. "It will take a maximum of ten days to update the number on the basis of the data base given by the UN," said Sharma.
According to the verification of the United Nations Mission in Nepal in 2007, there were 19,605 Maoist combatants. But non-Maoist parties have often argued that all the combatants are not in the cantonments and demanded a fresh head count.
“The recount will pave the way for the categorization of the Maoist combatants. It will provide us an opportunity to know what the combatants wish," said Sharma.
The secretariat plans to give a short training to the surveyors before they are sent to the field for the recount. To expedite the process, the secretariat has already begun works on managing logistics to be required for the surveyors in the field.
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