Kaski, July 22 : Mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan City Dhan Raj Acharya has been named as a member of a thematic committee under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Mayor Acharya was named as a member
of the thematic committee for the local level as per Clause 22 (1) of the
Federal, Province, and Local Levels (Coordination and Interrelations) Act,
2077.
Acharya was picked from the
minister-level decision beginning July 17 from among 753 local levels across
the country.
Ministers for Tourism from all
seven provinces shall be the members of the thematic committee chaired by the
Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation of the federal
government.
After his appointment, Mayor
Acharya described this move as a part of the ownership of the tourist city Pokhara
and the citizens of Pokhara from the federal government and added that Pokhara
would be declared a tourist capital soon. (RSS)