Kathmandu. Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Devendra Dahal has made public the details of the works carried out during his one-year tenure.

He has made public the main works and achievements carried out through the Department of Roads, Department of Railways, Department of Transport Management and Nepal Shipping Office under the Ministry. Comparing the capital expenditure of the ministry in the last six years. V. The highest number of 76 in 2081/82. According to him, 41 percent progress has been made.

This is about 13 percent more than the average national capital expenditure. Similarly, humla district headquarters Simkot has been connected to the national highway network to provide access to the national road network and transport, he claimed.

He claimed that out of the target of blacktopping 930 kilometers of roads in a year, 932 kilometers of roads have been blacktopped, 150 bridges have been constructed, out of which 105 concrete bridges have been completed and 10 bailey bridges have been installed.

During this period, the Ministry has given top priority to the identification and management of sick projects. Minister Dahal said that the committee has been formed to put an end to the practice of projects starting but not completing them and the number of sick contracts has been reduced significantly by implementing the report given by the committee after studying it.

He also said that an environment has been created for the construction entrepreneurs to work smoothly by paying a large amount of the liability to be paid by the ministry for the fiscal year 2080/81 BS in the last fiscal year. A meeting of the thematic committee has already decided to start the printing of driving licenses from the state level. He said that now this work will be done from the state level, so it is believed that the problem of not getting the license for a long time will end.

Similarly, an agreement has already been reached with the Security Printing Center for printing and distributing the remaining driving licenses. Minister Dahal said that all the remaining driving licenses would be printed and distributed within a few months. During this period, the compulsion of carrying chits in the form of driver’s license has been abolished as the driver’s license can be seen on the citizen’s app and can be checked through electronic means, fines can be recovered and paid.

A policy provision has been made through the budget statement to release the land that has been frozen in view of the impact on the citizens at a time when the land of the general public is being frozen for acquiring land for the construction of east-west railway. Work has been initiated to solve the problem of compensation and compensation seen in Bardibas area for the expansion of the railway.

He said that the dream of Nepalis to operate Nepali flag vessels in the sea is also moving towards realization. For this, the ship bill prepared to lay the legal foundation has been passed by the National Assembly and presented in the House of Representatives.

The process of formulating the remaining necessary laws, becoming a party to the treaty agreements has been forwarded, while studies are also being carried out for the operation of ships in more places and routes of Koshi, Narayani and Karnali within Nepal. Work has already been initiated to establish a new national transport policy, vehicle and transport management act and other legal grounds to make public transport more systematic.