DHULIKHEL: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has asserted that the government was spearheading the ‘Digital Nepal’ mega campaign.

The campaign aims to enable Nepal to harness its growth potential by leveraging the potential of digital technologies to drive socio-economic growth by 2022, according to the 2018 Digital Nepal Framework released by the government.

Addressing the 34th anniversary of Dhulikhel Municipality in Dhulikhel today, PM Oli reiterated,” Every day we are undertaking an epoch-making task and the country is heading towards modernism, development, social justice equality and prosperity.”

Stating that the government had introduced an employment program with an objective to encourage youths towards self-employment, Oli shared that the government had also stressed technical education.

On a different note, he shared that more than 88 percent of the public were under the ambit of electrification and the remaining 12 percent would also be ensured the access to electricity and installation of smart electricity meter would be installed in all houses within two years.

Sharing that the expansion of Bhaktapur-Banepa-Dhulikhel road would be initiated very soon, the PM added, “We will continue with the construction of the tunnel and expanding roadways.”