KATHMANDU: Industrialists and entrepreneurs have asked Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to make arrangements for the operation of international flights from Pokhara Airport.

A delegation of entrepreneurs under the leadership of the Pokhara Tourism Council put forth 15-point demands including the operation of the international flight from Pokhara.

The business community also asked the PM to lower the bank interest rate to a single digit along with rescheduling of loan.

Council Chair Pom Narayan Shrestha said opening heritages of Pokhara including Ratna temple and Hima Griha are also their demands.

He shared that they urged the Prime Minister to take policy-level initiation for the operation of flights immediately from Pokhara to India, China, Bangladesh and other destinations.

The entrepreneurs demanded to make flights effective by making Nepal Airlines Corporation fully commercial and exploring new destinations.

Ensuring the organizational representation of tourism-related organizations by making administrative and managerial reforms of the Nepal Tourism Board, repair and upgrading of highways for the convenient travel of tourists entering Nepal by road, structural reform of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) are other demands put forth by the delegation.