Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ said a special program would be announced for boosting production and creating job opportunities through the upcoming fiscal year’s policy, program, and budget.

Laying the foundation stone of the’signature bridge’ to be constructed over the Narayani River today, PM Dahal said the government was doing groundwork to run integrated projects associated with employment and productivity. “It is today’s national need to run projects of an integrated nature related to infrastructure development, rural economic empowerment, production growth, and employment generation,”  he further said.

The government would lay emphasis on quality and sustainability aspects of the road network across the country, the PM shared, adding that attention would be paid to bringing reforms in infrastructure, vehicles, and traffic systems in order to ease transport service and reduce road accidents. He highlighted the need to create a positive narrative that the country itself can execute the projects in an appropriate manner based on evidence-based study and analysis.

Nepal has made good shifts in infrastructure, education, health, communications, drinking water, and electrification, as well as social security and service delivery, the PM claimed. It may be noted that the Department of Roads is constructing over 149 bridges in different parts of the country now. “The tunnel way of the Nagdhunga road section has seen a breakthrough,” the PM shared, adding that several developments taking place in game-changing projects would contribute to Nepal graduating as a developing country by 2026.”