SURKHET: 'Chief Minister with the People' radio programme has been launched in Karnali Province on Monday.

With the launching of this radio programme, Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi has reached out to 1.5 million people of the province through 42 FM radio stations on air in the province.

The radio programme has been started with the main objective of expediting development and promoting good governance in the province with the CM directly taking questions, complaints, suggestions and concerns of the people, said Dhruba Budhathoki, CM's press advisor.

Scores of people called in to the programme on the first day of its launching and asked the CM about construction of national power transmission line, roads, youth employment in the province among others. They put their questions through Facebook, Viber, SMS, Skype and telephone.

Chief Minister Shahi said the radio programme would support in the formulation of upcoming development plan for Karnali Province and promote good governance.