NA Chair Dahal wants prompt construction of Federal Parliament Building

Kathmandu, Feb 20: National Assembly (NA) Chairperson Narayan Prasad Dahal inspected the under-construction Federal Parliament Building at Singha Durbar today.     

In course of the inspection, he responded that the recent progress in work has been encouraging as the upcoming session of the federal parliament is supposed to be held from this building.     

"The speed at which this was expected to be completed does not yet seem to be achieved. However, we are making efforts, the contractor has been working vigorously to that end, and the building should be handed over so that the upcoming parliamentary session can be conducted from this building," said Dahal, the Chairperson of the upper house of the Federal Parliament.     

Minister for Urban Development Kumar Ingnam stated that work is underway with a commitment to hand over at least the House of Representatives section, the Centre Lobby, and the canteen block by coming March 15.     

"The construction works have been moved ahead with a commitment to operate the upcoming federal parliamentary session from the new building, and for that, the company involved in the construction of the building has been instructed to hand over the House of Representatives, the centre lobby, and the canteen block by March 15. I am optimistic, there is no other option," Minister Ingnam said.     

Noting that additional effort is needed to be able to hand over the building within the given time based on the time allocated for construction and the pace and progress of the work, Minister Ingnam said the building's interior finishing is currently underway and some equipment to be installed in the auditorium needs to be brought from abroad.(RSS)