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Private sector’s collaboration crucial for advancing towards prosperity, says PM Dahal

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LUMBINI: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the country's prosperity is not achievable without the involvement and collaboration of the private sector. He said the government is ready to facilitate the private sector to resolve problems it is facing, commending the role of private sector to the economy. Inaugurating the Lumbini Cable Car service promoted by the Butwal Hills on Thursday, the head of the government said he wished to take private sector together on a journey towards the nation's development and prosperity. "The government is in favour of collaborating with private sector in efforts to unlock investment opportunities," PM Dahal said underlining the urgency of an economic revolution to revive post-Covid economy. He asserted that the government has brought various economic packages for the cause of private sector. Commenting over the launching of a cable car in Lumbini, he said the operation of service in Lumbini, the birth of Gautam Buddha, will have its contribution to the local as well as the national economy. The Prime Minister vowed to adopt necessary policies to regularise flights at Bhairahawa and Pokhara-based international airports, promote hotel and tourism infrastructures there, improve security arrangements and lengthen the duration of visitors' stay for what he said multidimensional development of tourism sector. He said the decision to reopen the real estate business aimed to address the economic slowdown. He assured of appropriate measures to cope with high inflation and unstable interest rates. He stressed the need for reconsidering the country's development model despite noticeable achievements in physical infrastructure, education, health, gender parity, and inclusion, expected achievements in production while employment creation was still awaited. [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="full" ids="37808,37806"] Prime Minister Dahal clarified that there will be a quality improvement in development and prosperity only if there is common determination. He said an environment of investment is being created in Nepal. He also informed that he urged Indian industrialists and entrepreneurs to invest in Nepal during his recent India visit. Similarly, Lumbini Province Governor Amik Sherchan said the Lumbini cable car constructed connecting Butwal and Palpa will make a significant contribution to tourism promotion of the province. Lumbini Province Chief Minister Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary mentioned that although there is immense potential for tourism development in the Province, attention has not been paid to its promotion. He opined that construction of such type of infrastructure would make a significant contribution to the development of tourism sector. Likewise, former Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel mentioned that Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, is an important heritage for the tourism development of the area and drew attention of the government to fulfil its master plan. Regular operation of Gautam Buddha International Airport, expansion of Butwal-Gaindakot road, construction of Siddhababa tunnel route, construction of International-standard City Hall as well as other physical infrastructures constructed by private sector will become supportive for the development and prosperity of Lumbini. Similarly, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India, Jagdambika Pal, said Lumbini has become a better tourism destination for the citizen of Uttar Pradesh as Lumbini is located near Nepal-India border. Ward Chair of Tinau Rural Municipality, Prem Shrestha, shared that the operation of cable car service will make great contribution to the development of the rural municipality. President of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) Lumbini Province, Krishna Prasad Sharma, expected that the operation of cable car at Basantapur, the hill station of Palpa from Butwal will make improvements in business and trade of Rupandehi. The cable car is around three kilometres and it is operated from Golpark Bamghat of Butwal Sub-metropolitan city-3 in Rupandehi district to Basantapur in Tinau rural municipality-3 in Palpa district. It is the first cable car in Lumbini Province. By RSS READ ALSO: