View-tower and assembly hall construction will be discontinued: Minister Jhankri

Kathmandu, Apr. 20: Minister for Urban Development Ram Kumari Jhankri has said there will be no programmes relating to the construction of the view tower and meeting hall in the government policy and programme for the upcoming fiscal year.  

The Minister said there would be no budget to construct view -towers and meeting halls next fiscal year as a modality of operation of such structures was missing and it would cause unlimited responsibility on the part of the government, contributing nothing to the improvement of people's livelihood.  The Minister, however, insisted on completing the ongoing projects relating to the construction of 32 meeting halls with priority. 

Besides, as the Minister said, the government will replace the integrated settlement development programme with a new programme for settlement development.  " The integrated settlement development programme has turned ineffective in hilly and mountainous areas. And in the case of the Kathmandu Valley and the Terai, land crisis is the issue for its implementation."