Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the primary duty of the government is to protect the life of citizens.
Addressing the nation on the occasion of the Nepali New Year 2078 BS from the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) in Singha Durbar this morning, the Prime Minister wished happiness, peace and prosperity to all Nepalis at home and abroad, and urged them to remain safe from the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The government’s first duty is to protect the life of the citizens and people’s life is prominent for the government. The schools can operate if lives are saved. Life comes first then the economy; the industries and factories can be run if human life is saved, but If life cannot be saved, then nothing operates,” he said.
PM Oli stated that the government was carrying out works keeping the safety of life in primary importance and even if the pandemic has comparatively impacted, it has caused less damage. He added that agriculture has been good and success has been achieved in reducing the trade deficit.
“Those who were on the path of violence have been brought to the peaceful way, there is no group carrying out violence at present. Now, the people have sovereignty, there are only people and their mandate, which is the determining factor of politics. We have achieved big successes in this context,” he said.
The PM stated that many conference halls were constructed in 2077 BS. In this connection, he mentioned the construction of a meditation centre in Lumbini with a capacity of accommodating 5,000 people and the construction of a conference centre with a capacity of 3,000 in Godawari and assembly halls were being built in many other places.
Works were forwarded for the construction of the Parliament Building last year alone in view of the lack of this facility for the people’s representatives to sit down and hold discussions even in this age of people’s representatives.
Hope has risen among people
Prime Minister Oli reiterated that the government has worked in a way to raise hope among the people in the year 2077 BS.
“We have carried out works instilling hope among the people, and we will continue to do this work to instil hope and confidence in future as well,” he said, adding that every day five and a half kilometre road is being constructed, houses are being built at the rate of at least 12 per day and the number of people getting various eight types of social security benefits is more than 3.06 million,” the PM added.
He said the social security allowance that was started from Rs 100 per month has reached Rs 100 per day now and this would be increased in the next budget. The contribution-based social security programme was started on November 26, 2019.
Bridges are being constructed daily and they are being constructed from the east to the west of the country. The transit points have been opened and the Mid-hills highway is being constructed expeditious manner.
According to him, the construction of the Madan Bhandari highway is moving ahead in a speedy manner, works on expansion of the East-West highway were on and the Hulaki highway remains to be built at few places only.
