Butwal, December 3
As many as 16 local governments of Kaski and Syangja districts of Gandaki and Palpa and Rupadehi districts of Province 5 have come together to establish a consortium which they say will work to promote prosperity in the region connected by the Siddhartha Highway.
The local units that the Bhairahawa-Pokhara highway passes through have formed a panel led by the mayor of Tansen municipality in Palpa, Ashok Kumar Shahi, for the economic development of the region.
Recently, mayors, their deputies and chief executive officers held a meeting in Tansen for two days and decided to collectively identify economic opportunities of the region and hold bilateral and multilateral dialogues to exploit them. The meeting also issued a 1o-point declaration.
During the meeting, representatives of the municipalities stressed the need for public-private partnerships for development, according to Tilottama mayor Basu Dev Ghimire.
