Govt to take Budhigandaki Hydel  forward

GORKHA, APRIL 16:Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Narayankaji Shrestha has said the government will take the much-hyped reservoir-based Budhigandaki Hydropower Project forward in the upcoming fiscal year. At a programme in Palungtar Municipality of Gorkha district yesterday, the minister remarked so.  

"The national pride project will contribute hugely to the socio-economic development of the Gorkha district-where it is situated- but also the entire nation," he stated.

On the occasion, he also shared that the government has proposed the Chinese side to develop a road along the Benighat-Arughat to Ruyila Pass and open the point along the Nepal-China border. Shrestha further informed that the incumbent government was working to give a sense of change through development initiatives adding that it was the current government's responsibility. The Deputy Prime Minister viewed the country should be advanced on the path to development and prosperity, giving the results of the transformation to the people.