Special arrangement for Madhes in coming budget: PM Dahal

Kathmandu- Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said special arrangement would be made for the Madhes in coming fiscal year’s policy and programme and budget.

Laying the foundation stone for a bridge connecting Sabaila municipality-4 of Dhanusha to Kalyanpur municipality-5 of Siraha today, Prime Minister Dahal expressed the commitment to promoting agriculture technology, irrigation facility, chemical fertilizer and seeds in Tarai. He also shared that the incumbent government was working seriously to make the country self-dependent on food grains, according to the PM Dahal’s Secretariat.

Stating that the government has been paying attention in construction of large-scale projects to make quality changes in country’s economy, the Prime Minister underlined that activities related to construction of ‘game changer’ projects like Budhigandaki and Karnali Chisapani would be forwarded as soon as possible.

“Development of country is not possible without development of Madhes. There is no possibility of country’s prosperity until people of Madhes become prosperous”, he stressed. Expressing the belief that the construction of the bridge would be important for Siraha and Dhanusha, the PM expressed the commitment to help improve the living standard of the people of this area.