CM Acharya for proposing enforceable projects

Lumbini, May 6: Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Chet Narayan Acharya, has directed the authorities concerned to propose projects that can be implemented in the upcoming budget and policies and programmes.  He advised for the exclusion of projects which can't be implemented. 

Such directives from the Chief Minister came during a meeting of the Province Ministry-Level Development Action Committee held at the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers today. 

Underlining the need for completely abiding by the action plan to promote good governance, he stressed that such initiatives should be started from the ministry-level.

National Planning Commission, Lumbini Province Vice-Chair Dr Dilli Raj Aryal stressed the need for effective implementation of criteria for the selection of multi-year projects and the Project Bank. 

Meanwhile, various ethnic communities here today submitted a memorandum to the Province Government demanding that Magar and Tharu languages be recognised as official languages of the province. 

Nepal Magar Association, Lumbini Province and Tharu Welfare Assembly, Dang handed the memo from the respective sides to the government, citing that implementation of the demand would help further strengthen the inclusion in the governance. 

In response, the Chief Minister said the government is committed to protecting and promoting the identity, culture, languages, civilizations and languages of the ethnic communities. (RSS)