Kathmandu, June 18: The parliamentarians speaking in zero hour of today's meeting of House of Representatives have called for arranging a separate quarantine facility for COVID-19 suspected women in the wake of growing cases of violence against women in such facilities.

They also drew the attention of the government to deploy female police personnel to those quarantine facilities to ensure a safe environment for women.

Nirudevi Pal asserted that there were rising cases of violence against women in the quarantine facilities. Thus, she demanded a safe space for women in the quarantine.

Similarly, Pabitra Kharel Niraula, Naramaya Dhaka, Parbati DC Chaudhary, Purna Kumari Subedii among others female parliamentarians condemned the incident of rape against a woman in Lamki, Kailal's quarantine and demanded stern action against the culprit.

They univocally underscored the need to build a separate quarantine facility for women.

The other parliamentarians drew the attention of the government towards shortage of test-kits in State No 2, State No 5 and Karnali State which had caused delay for the timely diagnosis of the infection among the people thereby further risking them to the deadly coronavirus.