यो समाचारको नेपाली संस्करण उपलब्ध छैन, त्यसैले तपाईं यसलाई अंग्रेजीमा पढ्दै हुनुहुन्छ।
The government has appointed Engineer Santosh Pandey as Member Secretary of the Lumbini Development Fund. The decision was made at a Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday. He is a resident of Tilottama Municipality in Rupandehi.
Before his appointment, he was serving as chief adviser to Infrastructure Development Minister Sunil Lamsal. He had worked closely in his secretariat since Prime Minister Balendra Shah was the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
After the ordinance issued on Baisakh 19 was authenticated by the President, officials of the Fund, including its office-bearers, and officials of various bodies were relieved of their posts. After that, applications were invited for 12 posts of the Fund in Asar. Only 209 people applied for the post of member secretary. Pandey, who did not participate in the application process, was appointed member secretary by the government. Previously, Deepak Shrestha was serving as member secretary of the Fund. According to Kantipur, the Fund had been vacant for about 6 months. According to Kantipur, Dr Amit KC, Arjun Kurmi, Upekha Guruma and Dipak Kaushal have been appointed as council members of the Fund. According to Kantipur, Arjun Kurmi said all four had received appointment letters.
According to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Pandey has been given this responsibility with the objective of making the development, infrastructure construction and management of the Lumbini area more effective. According to Kantipur, the member secretary is the chief executive of the Fund.
He is an engineer with more than a decade of experience in structural engineering. He worked as a structural engineer at Kathmandu Metropolitan City from September 2022 to January 2026. He worked as a structural engineer at Tilottama Municipality from 2020 to 2022. He worked as a structural engineer at Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City from 2017 to 2019. He completed his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Advanced College of Engineering and Management. He completed his master's degree in Structural Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University in India. He contributed to the review process of the Nepal National Building Code. According to Nepal Press, he received a certificate of appreciation from the Structural Engineering Institution Nepal in 2024.
According to Nepal Press, controversy arose after singer and Buddhist nun Ani Choying Dolma was appointed Vice-Chair a few days ago. Local people, including activists of the Lumbini Bachau Mahaabhiyan, have been protesting against her appointment. Criticism of the government's decision is continuing, with the issue of pending cases against Ani related to money laundering and citizenship also being raised.
Pandey has expressed commitment to work by incorporating Lumbini and the feelings and concerns of the local community here. He said he is a resident of Rupandehi and is closely informed about the concerns of the local community. According to Kantipur, with the appointment, it is expected that the incomplete work of the Lumbini Development Master Plan will be completed and the development of Lumbini will gain momentum. According to Nepal Press, the appointment of Pandey, who has a technical background, is expected to bring improvements in master plan implementation, the quality of infrastructure construction and the management system.
अन्य सञ्चार माध्यमका रिपोर्टका आधारमा स्वचालित सहायताले लेखिएको, प्रकाशन अघि हाम्रा सम्पादकले समीक्षा गरेको समाचार।
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