Nat'l reconstruction committee meeting postponed till Wednesday
Kathmandu, May 26, The first meeting of the National Reconstruction Committee
called to chart out a plan for national reconstruction in the post-quake
situation has been postponed till Wednesday.
During the
meeting started at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar,
participants from different walks of life aired their views on separate working
papers presented on the post-quake situation, its assessment and government
policy and programmes.
After the
meeting, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala said that discussions were held to give
a way out to the nation through unity."National consensus is the major
issue and we have sit for discussions for the same and conclusion will be made
tomorrow," the PM said.
Minister for
Forest and Soil Conservation Mahesh Acharya said that six former
vice-chairpersons of the National Planning Commission (NPC), seismologists,
geologists and professors of the Tribhuvan University, experts from the
National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), representatives of the civil
society, engineers, economists, artists and experts of health sector are
commenting on the working paper.
He said that more
than 30 persons including sociologists and others have expressed their opinions
on the strong and weak aspects of the government. Likewise, NPC
Vice-chairperson Prof Dr Govindaraj Pokharel shared that issues regarding
coordination between ministries, transparency and responsibilities were raised
at the meeting.
On the occasion,
NPC Vice-chairperson Pokharel presented a working paper on risks mapping in
post-disaster and needs assessment while chief secretary Leelamani Paudyal
presented his working paper on disaster management: challenge sand
possibilities. Likewise, home secretary Surya Silwal informed the participants
about the activities carried out by the Home Ministry on rescue and relief
operations.
CPN (UML)
Chairman KP Oli, UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, top leaders of
different political parties, ministers and former ministers were present at the
meeting.