Govt. forms panel to probe power tariff dues

The Council of Ministers on Tuesday appointed 25 persons in the National Development Council. The appointees come from amongst the representatives of the District Coordination Committees (DDCs), local governments and other agencies. A cabinet meeting held today took this decision, according to the PM’s secretariat.

Likewise, the government has decided to announce martyrs to different persons whose names were missed in the Nepal Gazette in the past and made corrections to the list of martyrs announced in different dates.

Similarly, the cabinet approved the resignation tendered by Chairperson of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) Purushottam Khanal.
As decided by the cabinet meeting, NTA Board of Directors Nabaraj Adhikari has been assigned as the Acting Chair until next decision as per the Rule 3 (A) of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority Regulations, according to the PM’s secretariat.

For the appointment of the new NTA Chair, a panel has been formed under the leadership of the Secretary at Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Furthermore, the cabinet meeting today formed a committee to probe the issues of power tariff dues related to dedicated and trunk line services. Former Supreme Court Justice Girish Chandra Lal shall lead the probe panel.

The cabinet meeting has also directed the line agencies to ensure power supply in the industries whose power supply was cut off due to the long pending dues.