Job creation, production increase top priorities: PM Dahal

Job creation, production increase top priorities: PM Dahal

Kathmandu, Feb 3: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' said the government's focus is on production increase and creation of jobs through the development of agriculture sector.

Inaugurating the Dudhauli Town Hospital at Sirthauli of Dudhauli municipality in Sindhuli district today, PM Dahal said the government had laid a special emphasis on the development of agriculture-based industries.

The 15-bed hospital was constructed at a cost of around Rs 180 million.

Stating that the government was going to resume sick industries with an objective of creating jobs at home, Dahal shared that he had already instructed the concerned ministries and departments for reviving the defunct state-owned industries.

He reminded that he had prioritized agenda of mechanization of agriculture sector and increase in agriculture production during his official visits to India and China, to which both the neighbouring countries had expressed their commitment for the same. According to him, the government was moving ahead with a clear vision of ensuring good governance, social justice and prosperity, the PM claimed that the people-centric works had increased people's hope and trust in the government.

"The incumbent government has accorded special priority on health and education. The government has also taken an important step in favour of good governance. Public service delivery has been made smooth, thereby ending the hassles facing the public," PM Dahal said.

He informed that he, as the Prime Minister, had prominently raised the issues of climate change in the bilateral and multilateral forums and mentioned that he had appealed to the international community to address the impact of climate change faced by mountainous countries like Nepal. Sharing that decision was taken to bring country's economy to a right track, he clarified that the economy was revived in recent period.

"Economic indicators are encouraging and reserve of foreign exchange and arrival of tourists have increased," shared PM Dahal, adding, "It has helped in directing the economy to normalcy. Revenue collection has increased in recent period."

PM Dahal committed initiatives to make arrangement for equipment, capable human resources and staffs required for the Dudhauli Municipal Hospital. Mentioning that he had got the information that many people lose their lives from snakebites in the area, he assured arrangement of snakebite treatment facility at the Dudhauli Hospital.

On a different note, the Head of the Government said that there was no alternative to federal democratic republic. He pointed out the need of securing welfare of grassroots people as republic would be institutionalized only through protection of poor, Dalit, and oppressed people.

On the occasion, Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Shaligram Jammakattel, assured that there would be appropriate support from the provincial government for the development of the hospital.