KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 10
Nepali Army has been supporting development work for the past six decades. It is involved in several projects, including recent regular fourlane road projects.
Today, Nepali Army organised a press meet at its headquarters. It highlighted the significant contribution of the Nepali Army in the development sector. One of the major parts of the programme was Kathmandu Tarai Fast Track. The Kathmandu-Tarai/Madhes Expressway - a mega highway project and prioritised as a national pride project - is under the Nepali Army.
According to officials of Kathmandu-Tarai/Madhes Expressway project, all ranks of the Nepali Army are working day and night with the goal of completing the project in a transparent and quality manner.
So far, about 95 per cent of the packages of the expressway have entered the implementation and procurement process. Likewise, the physical progress of the expressway construction has achieved 26.14 per cent with the completion of all the preliminary stage works. Hence, it is believed that the project construction work will be completed within the specified time with the cooperation and coordination of all the concerned stakeholders, according to army officials.
Similarly, special priority has been accorded for the greater welfare of the serving and retired soldiers and their dependent families. Various welfare activities have been carried out from the Military Welfare Fund. Along with military families, ordinary citizens have also benefited from this, claimed officials.
Spokesperson of Nepali Army Krishna Prasad Bhandari said the Nepali Army had been actively working for protection of environment and wildlife. "We have been giving security to the National Parks and Wildlife Reserves," he said, adding, "We have also established schools and hospitals in various parts of Nepal where non-army children are also getting huge benefits."
Likewise, Nepali Army had successfully helped to conduct free and fair elections and by-elections. It had also established the Crisis Management Coordination Centre during the pandemic.
A version of this article appears in the print on September 11, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
