Lawmakers have put forth their views on contemporary issues in today's meeting of the House of Representatives.
On the occasion, Thakur Prasad Gaire said organizing 'Sagarmatha Sambaad' for climate justice at a time when the country is facing climate-induced crisis, is the matter of pleasant and expressed the belief that the program would seek solutions to climate crisis.
He shared that there should not be any delay to establish climate justice as the risk of flood and landslide as well as incidents of other natural disasters are increasing due to climate change.
Similarly, Dig Bahadur Limbu demanded the government to allocate budget for irrigation and drinking water facility at Morang constituency-1 as source of drinking water and irrigation are drying up due to flood occurred on last September.
Likewise, Dol Prasad Aryal drew government's attention to create environment for disaster management at a time when the citizens have to face difficulties due to landslide and flood during rainy season while Tara Lama Tamang asked the government to resettlement of the families displaced after expansion of Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve.
Tosima Karki demanded the government to forward construction activities of Kathmandu-Tarai-Madhes fast track, the national pride project and Dikpal Kumar Shahi urged to make power supply at Aathbis municipality of Dailekh systematic.
Similarly, Deepak Bahadur Singh stressed the need of stopping political-level corruption while Narayani Sharma drew government's attention towards power outage at a time when mercury is rising in Tarai-Madhes.
Likewise, Nisha Dangi pointed out the need of country's sustainable development, skill development training and employment as well as quality education and good governance.
Pushpa Bahadur Shah asked the government to allocate budget for Achham District Hospital in coming fiscal year as a contract for construction of 50-bed hospital has been forwarded.
Other lawmakers including Prakash Jwala, Prem Bahadur Maharjan and Bindabasini Kansakar also put forward their views.
Lawmakers call for formulating a budget that meets citizens' aspiration for development
Lawmakers have emphasized that the budget for the upcoming fiscal year should be brought in a way that addresses the high economic growth rate and the development aspirations of citizens.
In today's meeting of the House of Representatives, they stated that the budget should be focused on the implementation of fundamental rights, infrastructure development, productivity enhancement, and job creation.
Those airing their views on this line were Deepak Giri of the Nepali Congress, Juli Kumari Mahato of the CPN (UML), Ranendra Barali of the CPN (Maoist Centre), Santosh Pariyar of the Rastriya Swatantra Party and Anisha Nepali of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party. (RSS)
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