Corruption, cumbersome administrative processes are hurdles to development: President

 President Ramchandra Paudel has described corruption and the cumbersome administrative processes as the major hurdles of development.

Inaugurating the Administrative Block of Myagde Rural Municipality at Naringe in Tanahu district today, he stressed on the need of banishing corruption and making the unwieldy administrative services easy and smooth.

"On the one hand the speed of development has to be expedited to respond to those who are commenting that although the political system changed, the people's condition has not, while on the other hand there is no alternative to making the federal democratic republic stronger," said the Head-of-the-State.

He expressed his belief that the people's representatives, government employees and the locals of Myagde would join hands in materializing the plan of making Myagde prosperous and developed.

The President urged the State's local units to remain steadfast towards fulfilling the people's aspirations, stressing that the local level is the important basic structure of the republic Nepal established as per the constitutional system.

He called on the people's representatives at the local level to be accountable to the people. President Paudel said that the more people-oriented, public-welfare, and responsive the local government and representatives are, the more they will be able to fulfill the aspirations and needs of the local people, and the more the goals envisioned by our governance system will be realized.

Calling upon the general public to work and not to lose hope, he said urged them to rest assured that the country is gradually moving ahead on the path of progress owing to the development possibilities.

On the occasion, President Paudel honoured the individuals who donated land plots for construction of the Administrative Building. The main administrative building of the rural municipality has been constructed at a cost of Rs 60 million.