Kathmandu, May 18
The Director General of Department of Transport Management, Rup Narayan Bhattarai, who reportedly played a pivotal role in ending the transport syndicates recently, has been pulled back to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport.
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Raghubir Mahaseth on Wednesday decided to pull back Bhattarai to the Ministry.
A letter signed by Joint Secretary Dhruba Joshi has been sent to Bhattarai after the Secretary refrained from signing the transfer letter.
At the time when Minister Mahaseth was hesitant about ending the syndicates, Bhattarai had actively contributed and supported Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa in ending the monopoly of transport entrepreneurs.
It has been learnt that the Minister had made a secret agreement with the transport entrepreneurs’ committees to protect their bank account from freezing.
Though the syndicate system has ended, various works related to fully ending the monopoly are yet to be carried out.
