Gorkha will be made a model district in development: Bhattarai

GORKHA: Naya Shakti Party Coordinator and former Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that Gorkha would be made a model district by developing physical infrastructures.

At a programme organised by Manav Sewa Aashram here today, Coordinator Bhattarai expressed commitment that newly elected people's representatives would move ahead by agreeing to a common agenda for Gorkha's development.

Bhattarai also pledged financial support of Rs 2,000 every month during his term as a member of the House of Representatives.

The Aashram has been providing education along with lodging facility to 18 persons with disabilities, orphans and helpless children in the district.

Similarly, provincial assembly member and Naya Shakti party leader Hari Sharan Acharya also announced to provide Rs 1,000 monthly to the Aashram.

Patron of the Aashram, Dr Govinda Tondon, said that a campaign was underway to make Nepal a centre of humanity.