BIRATNAGAR: Province 1 Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai today claimed that the provincial government has been successful in creating a sense of hope among people for their better future.
He stressed the need for speeding up development programs as expected by the people in the days to come. He was speaking at an event organized here to mark the government completing its three years by the Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers.
Despite COVID-19 pandemic that has adversely affected development projects, he claimed that there has been significant progress in education, health, social welfare, agriculture, industry and tourism.
The government was committed to implementing its goals of ‘clean, happy and prosperous province’ teaming up with the federal government’s goals of ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepalis’, he said.
According to him, the provincial government in a period of three years prepared a total 113 legal documents, including 49 laws, 24 regulations, 10 guidelines, 28 work procedures and a standard and committee formation order each, building the institutional structure.
The province government has eight per cent programs based on fairness, 45 per cent programs on prosperity and 47 per cent programs on happiness.
Stating that the province government had constructed COVID-19 Treatment Center in 10 days by appropriating Rs 250 million to the Corona Prevention Public Fund, Chief Minister Rai said the Tibet Autonomous Region of People’s Republic of China provided medical equipment worth Rs 100 million and the Swiss government also extended significant assistance to that end.
He added that the Province Investment Authority has been constituted for promoting and mobilizing domestic and foreign investment in the Province no 1.
The Chief Minister also shared that 45 thousand 189 jobs have been created in the province during the three years and that works were on for turning Biratnagar into the eastern aviation gateway of Nepal.
Stating that Province no 1 is in a situation of self-sufficiency in food grains, the Chief Minister reiterated that the provincial government was working with commitment in the disaster management and in the development of information and communications sector, irrigation, water supply and sanitation and road transport.
He also extended best wishes to all the citizens of Province no 1 on the occasion of the province government’s completion of three years.
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