'Infrastructure development high priority for Maoist Centre'

Gandaki, May 23: CPN (Maoist Centre)'s Chairperson and Former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' asserted that his party has accorded high priority to development of infrastructures. 

Dahal said so attending a programme organized by Tara Khola rural municipality in Baglung district today. 

On the occasion, he pledged to draw the attention of the concerned authority to allocate adequate budget for upgrading Shahid Marga (Martyr Road) in Tarakhola rural municipality. 

"Budget would be demanded with the government to scale up the road which links Tarakhola rural municipality to the national road network," Chair Dahal reiterated.

According to him, efforts were made to include the Shahid Marga in the government's annual budget in the past but to no avail. "This time we will make a 'special' effort," he reaffirmed his commitment.

The 20-km road connects local level to the provincial capital. The road was picked for blacktopping around four years ago but upgrading process was hindered owing to various reasons, including lack of budget, it was learnt.

Furthermore, the CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair acknowledged the road's importance to ensure the market of the local produces and from tourism point of view.  

He commended the rural municipality's notable performance regarding infrastructure development and public service delivery despite the challenges such as geographical remoteness and recourses constraint.

On a different note, Dahal claimed that the party's recently launched awareness drive named 'Mid-Hill Highway Campaign' had helped further strengthen party's relation with people. (RSS)