KATHMANDU: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has started following up on the status of implementation of the directives Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ issued to the government ministers and secretaries during the ministry-wise review in the beginning of his second term in office.
The Prime Minister Office (PMO) has written to the ministries concerned, seeking reports on the progress of implementation of directives the PM issued to various ministries for work and policy related reforms.
The PMO had, on January 24, sent letters to the ministries asking them to submit progress report on the implementation of the PM’s directives, said Joint Secretary at the PMO, Khom Raj Koirala.
According to him, some ministries have not yet submitted their progress report and have been urged to do so at the earliest.
In course of the ministry-wise review, the Prime Minister had issued 10-point directive to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and seven-point directives each to the Ministry of Water Supply and the Ministry of Forests and Environment.
Similarly, the PM gave eight-point directive to the Urban Development Ministry, asking it to submit the modality and plan for executing the concept of ‘One Model Integrated Settlement, One Local Level’ targeted to the impoverished, underprivileged and marginalized communities, and the plan of transforming the traditional bus parks in all cities of the country into smart bus parks, among others.
The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport was issued 13-point directives and urged to submit to the PMO the realistic details of works related to extending the reach of roadways to all the rural settlements, except those where this was not feasible due to geographical difficulties, and to reducing the production cost of goods and services produced by the farmers in the remote areas and to ensure their accessibility to the market.
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