Prime minister vows to end load-shedding in industrial areas
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PARSA, DEC 24 -
Prime Minster Baburam Bhattarai on Friday expressed commitment to end load-shedding in industrial areas.
“It seems impossible, but it can be made possible we start work right
now,” he said, inaugurating the International Trade Fair in Birgunj, adding that the government will initiate the process to import power from India for the purpose.
Nepal Electricity Authority has already forecast 19 hours of load-shedding every day in winter. The prime minister also pledged taking policy initiatives to safeguard investment as security of domestic investment would only encourage foreign investment. Political change has no meaning without economic prosperity and job creation, he said.
Given the country’s economy increasingly depending on remittance and consumption, the PM Bhattarai stressed on the need for boosting exports. “Remittance alone cannot sustain the ballooning trade deficit,” he said. In order to promote export, Bhattarai said the government will operate special economic zone (SEZ) in partnership with the private sector and establish Birgunj as an export zone.
Referring to the integrated check post being built in Birgunj to facilitate customs clearance and trade, Bhattarai said the construction will be completed within the next two years. India
has been assisting construction of such check posts in different bordering points.
“In the near future, construction of a six-lane Birgunj-Pathaliya road will be initiated,” said Bhattarai. “Work for the Nijhgadh-Kathmandu fast track also will also begin soon.”
Posted on: 2011-12-24 09:59
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