KIMATHANKA, NOVEMBER 3

Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has said works related to the Arun Corridor Project will start soon.

Speaking at a press meet organised by Press Centre Nepal, Sankhuwasabha, here today, the minister said the government would soon start homework for operation of Arun Corridor.

He added that the Arun Corridor was an important project for the development of Sankhuwasabha. He said, talks were under way with the World Bank for the project.

He pledged to take initiative for the operation of Kimathanka point as well.

The construction of a road up to Kimathanka point and the systematisation of a customs office remained as the priorities of the government, he added.

He also said Nepal's water and people's investment concept would lead several projects based on the Arun River to success. In his political remark, he urged all not to doubt the continuity of the coalition government of five political parties.

A version of this article appears in the print on November 4, 2021, of The Himalayan Times.