Prime Minister Koirala
Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has issued directive to initiate
preliminary study of the fast track linking Kathmandu to Terai and
Nijgadh Airport. Saying that lack of a clear government policy on
development and construction had led to obstruction in completion of
various developmental projects, Koirala accepted that despite democracy
in place, remote areas remained undeveloped. Speaking at a discussion in
the Development Committee of the Legislature Parliament, he informed
that the lack of monitoring of tendered projects had led to uncertainty
of the projects. BITE...
Former Prime Ministers along with experts participated in the discussion including Prime Minister Koirala. The Committee held the discussion inviting the officiating Prime Minister along with the former Prime Ministers to inquire about the reasons for lack of timely completion of national pride projects. Prime Minister Koirala expressed more discontentment in the program regarding lack of development tasks than informing about the actions being taken by the government to solve the issues. Saying that the nation's image took a dip due to the obstruction of the country's only Tribhuvan International Airport, he shared the issues of problems created by pits, monkeys, dogs and birds at the airport. Former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba drew the government's attention to provide land for construction of Nijgadh Airport immediately. Saying that there should be no delay in construction of the fast track, he opined that all the political parties had to have a common perspetive on development. Likewise, another former PM Madhav Kumar Nepal said that the trend of making decisions based on speculations without proper research and studies had left the projects in uncertainty with improper exploitation of resources. Speaking at the meeting of the Committee, Minister for Physical Infrastructures and Transport Bimalendra Nidhi said the projects could not be halted for any reason. Raising question on the development trend of projects and the need and rationale of the fast track, parliamentarians and experts suggested against delaying the projects. Chairman of the Committee Rabindra Adhikari opined that development should not be politicized and added that more than 200 projects of various Ministries remained uncertain due to taking decisions based on speculations and lack of regular monitoring of tendered projects.
Former Prime Ministers along with experts participated in the discussion including Prime Minister Koirala. The Committee held the discussion inviting the officiating Prime Minister along with the former Prime Ministers to inquire about the reasons for lack of timely completion of national pride projects. Prime Minister Koirala expressed more discontentment in the program regarding lack of development tasks than informing about the actions being taken by the government to solve the issues. Saying that the nation's image took a dip due to the obstruction of the country's only Tribhuvan International Airport, he shared the issues of problems created by pits, monkeys, dogs and birds at the airport. Former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba drew the government's attention to provide land for construction of Nijgadh Airport immediately. Saying that there should be no delay in construction of the fast track, he opined that all the political parties had to have a common perspetive on development. Likewise, another former PM Madhav Kumar Nepal said that the trend of making decisions based on speculations without proper research and studies had left the projects in uncertainty with improper exploitation of resources. Speaking at the meeting of the Committee, Minister for Physical Infrastructures and Transport Bimalendra Nidhi said the projects could not be halted for any reason. Raising question on the development trend of projects and the need and rationale of the fast track, parliamentarians and experts suggested against delaying the projects. Chairman of the Committee Rabindra Adhikari opined that development should not be politicized and added that more than 200 projects of various Ministries remained uncertain due to taking decisions based on speculations and lack of regular monitoring of tendered projects.