Kathmandu, May 20
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs,
Narayan Kaji Shrestha, has assured the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
for the necessary support from his ministry and chief district officers of various
districts along the proposed cross-border transmission line to be developed
with its support in order to ensure successful implementation and timely
completion of the project.
In a meeting with Jonathan Brooks, Deputy
Vice-President of Europe, Asia, Pacific, and Latin America programmes for the
Department of Compact Operations, on Saturday, DPM Shrestha pledged all
possible support to expedite the mega project that includes a cross-country
transmission line and road maintenance.
The
US$ 630 million, $500 million from the MCC and $130 million from
Nepal–programme, aims at developing large transmission lines, including
Butwal-Gorakhpur cross-border transmission facility, and rehabilitate strategic
roads. The Electricity Transmission Project will build 312 km of 400 kV
electricity transmission lines and three substations and provide technical
assistance for the power sector in Nepal.
Likewise,
the Road Maintenance Project aims to enhance current practices in the
maintenance of Nepal’s strategic road network and will provide technical
assistance to the Department of Roads (DoR) and Roads Board Nepal.
The
projects are being implemented by the Millennium Challenge Account–Nepal, an
agency formed by the Government of Nepal.
According to Govinda Bhattarai, Secretary of the
Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), who was also present at the meeting, informed
that DPM Shrestha told the delegation of the project that there would be
sufficient and necessary support from the MoHA to complete the MCC project on
time.
Brooks is on a visit to Nepal to get the updates of
the projects and sort out the constraints it is facing in course of implementation.
Bhattarai said that in the meeting, Brooks sought assistance
from the ministry in the acquisition, security and coordination of land required
for the MCC project.
He asked for assistance from the MoHA in the areas of
land acquisition, security and coordination to be provided for the future
activities of the project where the involvement of the chief district officer is
needed.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 21 May 2023.
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