Author: Himalaya Post

Chief Minister of Province No. 5 Shanker Pokharel has said that the State government has given priority to addressing the problems related to land. The state government has completed all legal requirements to address the problems existing since a long time. Distributing land ownership certificates to the landless settlers in Baijanath rural municipality of Banke district on Saturday, he said the government has carried out some historical task, which has encouraged some parties to indulge in anti-government activities. “Various kinds of negative comments are being made as the good works done by the government have not been publicized,” he said. Nepal has now been achieving economic growth rate in par with the developed countries and the people in the State too are getting a sense of the work being done by the state government, Pokharel added. On the occasion, he distributed land ownership certificates to 113 landless settler households. They got the land ownership certificate after a struggle of 22 years. Earlier, 138 landless settlers got their land ownership certificate in the first and second phase of the distribution...

The State 5 has got a newly identified tourism spot in Baithauliya Kaparkatti lake at Butwal Sub-metropolitan City-16. Boating has been started for the visitors in the lake. Inaugurating the boating service on Thursday, State 5 government chief minister Shanker Pokhrel spoke of the need of promoting the culture of touring and visiting various places for the development of the tourism destinations in the State. “Besides the foreign tourists, we should promote domestic tourism to boost up the tourism industry in the country,” he said, stressing on the need of developing tourist-friendly culture to draw as many of visitors. Chief Minister Pokhrel said, “Although the unique culture of Nepal is on the wane in the city areas, it is still alive in the rural hinterland and this could be a draw for the visitors.” Butwal Sub-metropolitan City mayor Shiva Raj Subedi said a plan has been formulated to develop and promote the Kaparkatti Lake by linking it with other touristic and historical places around the area. He added that Rs 4 million has been allocated for this purpose in the current fiscal year and the lake has been cleaned up as part of the plan. Development of other infrastructures would also be prioritised. The lake which was confined to only seven bighas area before this due to human encroachment has now been expanded to 24 bighas area and the...