Public surveillance needed for better quality of development projects: DPM Paudel

Lumbini, July 26: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel on Saturday monitored different development projects run under the Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City in Rupandehi district.

Minister Paudel has been in the Rupandehi district since Friday for the inspection of the development projects being implemented in the Rupandehi constituency. 2. Paudel is also scheduled to visit different development projects on Sunday as well.

On Saturday, Minister Paudel discussed with the stakeholders and local community about the construction of the proposed Ujir Singh Stadium at Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-13 to be built by the Lumbini Province Government. On the occasion, he vowed to advance the construction of the stadium by clearing all hurdles. DPM Paudel assured the community members that the development projects proposed for Butwal would not face a budget crunch.

“We will launch a campaign to make Butwal’s road dust-free, and there will be no budget crunch for them. The locals should carry out monitoring of the quality and timeline of the development projects,” he opined. DPM Paudel also visited the Agricultural Produce Centre proposed for the construction at Karsaghat in Butwal-15 on Saturday.

A target has been set to construct physical infrastructures by acquiring the land for the centre in the current fiscal year. More than Rs 4 billion would be invested in this project. Similarly, he also inspected an under-construction Ramnagar-Pharsatikar Road, Nayagaun Drinking Water Project and Belbas-Jholungepool Road.