Minister Paswan gifts bicycle to PM Oli

KATHMANDU: Minister for Population and Environment, Bishwendra Paswan, gifted a bicycle to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli under the 'Environment-Friendly National Campaign' at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar on Tuesday.

The Ministry has been encouraging the use of bicycle under the slogan "Let Us Save Every Drop of Fuel and Participate in Environment-friendly National Campaign."

Prime Minister Oli rode the bicycle for a while to participate in the campaign.

On the occasion, Minister Paswan said that the campaign would promote national independence and economy at a time when the country has been facing fuel crisis.

He also informed that cycles would also be gifted to Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala and UCPN- Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal as a part of the campaign.