Kathmandu, Feb 12: The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) has started following up on the status of implementation of the directives Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' issued to the government ministers and secretaries during the ministry-wise review in the beginning of his second term in office.
The Prime Minister Office (PMO) has
written to the ministries concerned, seeking reports on the progress of
implementation of directives the PM issued to various ministries for work and
policy related reforms.
The PMO had, on January 24, sent
letters to the ministries asking them to submit progress report on the
implementation of the PM's directives, said Joint Secretary at the PMO, Khom
Raj Koirala.
According to him, some ministries
have not yet submitted their progress report and have been urged to do so at
the earliest.
In course of the ministry-wise
review, the Prime Minister had issued 10-point directive to the Ministry of
Industry, Commerce and Supplies and seven-point directives each to the Ministry
of Water Supply and the Ministry of Forests and Environment.
Similarly, the PM gave eight-point
directive to the Urban Development Ministry, asking it to submit the modality
and plan for executing the concept of 'One Model Integrated Settlement, One
Local Level' targeted to the impoverished, underprivileged and marginalized
communities, and the plan of transforming the traditional bus parks in all
cities of the country into smart bus parks, among others.
The Ministry of Physical
Infrastructure and Transport was issued 13-point directives and urged to submit
to the PMO the realistic details of works related to extending the reach of
roadways to all the rural settlements, except those where this was not feasible
due to geographical difficulties, and to reducing the production cost of goods
and services produced by the farmers in the remote areas and to ensure their
accessibility to the market.
The Ministry was also urged to develop a special plan on issuing driving license and putting to an end once and for all the situation of development projects not completed within the deadline and remaining in limbo.
The Ministry of Labour, Employment
and Social Security was given 17-point directives and asked to present a plan
for maintaining a balance between demand and supply by preparing integrated
details of employers and workers and to develop a mechanism for the same in all
the 753 local levels. It was also urged to make arrangements for providing
medical treatment to the Nepali migrant workers in foreign countries who are
injured or incapacitated during their work.
Similarly, the PM had issued an
eight-point directive to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Among the directives include running the 'Let Us Send One Nepali and One
Foreign Friend to Nepal Campaign' under the leadership of NRNA and appointing
an internationally renowned person as the tourism promoter of Nepal.
Meanwhile, Secretary at the
Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation, Suresh Acharya said that they have
prepared the report as per the PM's directives and forwarded the same to the
PMO. According to him, he PMO had issued to the Ministry an eight-point
directive, including on the situation of demand and supply of drinking water in
the Kathmandu Valley and on removing the problems seen in water supply and
sewerage in 23 different big cities of the country, among others.
The PMO had asked the Ministry of
Forests and Environment to carry out a study and prepare a report on the latest
status of community forests for ensuring accessibility of every marginalized,
indigent community to the benefits available from the forest resources.
Ministry Secretary Dr Deepak Kumar Kharal said the directives received from the
PMO are under implementation and the information about this would be provided
to it soon.
Spokesperson for the OPMCM Narayan
Prasad Bhatta said that they are regularly prodding the ministries regarding
the status of implementation of the PM's directives and the detailed reports
have also been received from several ministries in this connection.
The ministries have been urged to
regularly submit the progress report on the PM's directives to the
Infrastructure Development Division at the OPMCM on a fortnightly basis, Bhatta
said. (RSS)