Chair Prachanda makes public 19 important projects for Gorkha's development

By TRN Online, Gorkha, Nov. 6: Chairman of CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has come up with 10 projects of strategic importance and nine projects of high importance for the development of Gorkha district.

Chair Prachanda is contesting from Constituency 2 of Gorkha in the election for the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) slated to be held on November 20.

He is the common candidate of the ruling coalition.

The projects have been included in the commitment paper he made public during his election campaign.

Development of road, education, health, tourism promotion, agriculture, herbs, commercial husbandry, skill training, and preservation of arts, culture, and literature are also included in the commitment paper addressed to the people of Gorkha.

Chairman Prachanda, also the former Prime Minister, has pledged to start economic development and prosperity from Gorkha itself.

Describing his role to bring in the republican setup and the new federal constitution by means of revolution and the peace process, Chair Prachanda has assessed that the dream to give a new life to people by solving problems related to livelihood and building a prosperous Nepal with social justice is yet to be translated into action.

Some proposed projects in the commitment paper:

1. Palungtar Airport to be resumed and Palungtar to be developed as an ingenious smart city.

2. 1200MW Budhigandaki hydroelectricity project, a national pride project, will be immediately implemented while other hydropower potentials will be explored and moved forward.

3. Agriculture Campus under the Agriculture and Forest University will be operated soon. As decided earlier, the campus will be located at Chyangli in Ward 7 of Palungtar Municipality. Technical education will be expanded across the district including in Campuses and Gorkha Secondary School.

4. Benighat-Arughat-Larke Road which links with the Ruila border will be completed soon.

5. Irrigation facilities will be ensured for flat land areas located in Gorkha such as Palungtar, Gaikhurtar, Chyangitar, Dhuwakottar, Kundutar, Buddhsinghtar, Mucchoktar, Buttatar, Ghyalchoktar by means of irrigation projects including water lifting so as to increase agricultural products. River control/embankment projects will be initiated to save farmland at the banks of rivers.

 6. Gorkha district will be developed as a tourist destination. A historical and religious tourist circuit will be developed linking Ligligkot, Budhikot, Lakangkot, Siranchok Gadhi, Sulikot, Takukot, Barpak, Gorkha Durbar and Manakamana.

To promote the Himalayan tourism initiative will be taken to enlist Sirandanda-Nimchepokhari-Dudhpokhari-Nagepokhari-Naradpokhari in the national tourism project.

Initiatives will be taken to develop areas such as Siranchok, Bhachchek, Sirandanda, Ajirkot and northern Gorkha’s Barpak, Rubinala, Manslu trekking route, Larke pass as the Himalayan tourism. New trekking routes will be developed mixing places of cultural and natural beauty, and a special cultural village will be built by conducting a study. Steps will also be taken to enlist Gorkha Durbar and Manakamana Temple in the international heritage.

Income-generating projects will be made by associating unified settlements built after the earthquake of 2015 such as Barpak with tourism.

7. Initiatives will be taken to ensure the operation of Ruila border point around the year and to construct an international dry port in Nubri area.