Kathmandu, April 16
Speakers of the provincial assemblies of all provinces have commented that the coordination among federal, provincial and local units of the government is weak in controlling the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
When the National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina hosted a video conference among them on Wednesday, the provincial legislative leaders urged Timilsina to put pressure on the concerned agencies to consolidate the cooperation for effective implementation of the programmes conducted to control the outbreak.
“The governments at three levels are not on the same page in this fight,” Gandaki Speaker Netra Nath Adhikari said as Province 5 Speaker Purna Bahadur Gharti added, “The federal government wants to work through the chief district officers whereas the provincial governments pick their own representatives. The CDOs don’t want to obey provincial and local governments whereas the provincial governments also want to bypass them.”
