Deepak Bahadur Singh, chairman of the Infrastructure Development Committee, said that plans and programs to be kept in the budget should be selected based on the needs. He said this in an interaction on 'Infrastructure Development and Parliamentary Monitoring in Nepal' organized by the Federal Parliament Secretariat in Kathmandu on Monday in collaboration with the Infrastructure Development Committee and the Nepal Frontline Journalists Society.

'When the parliamentary committees went to monitor, there was some effect  Chairman Singh said, 'Bridges are being built where there is no right and left road. Therefore, when bringing the budget, we should choose plans and programs based on needs rather than this party and that party.'

Singh also said that the budget for the next financial year has not come to stop the youth power in the country. "There was no such budget as how to stop the youth in Nepal, but instead a budget came in which they had to pay less duty when importing ready-made goods and pay more tax when bringing raw materials," he said.

MP and committee member Madhav Sapkota emphasized on the need to closely monitor the construction of projects by selecting, identifying and implementing projects based on needs and setting deadlines. "Currently, the monitoring carried out by various agencies is considered to be only 'procedural', such monitoring should be made effective," he said. 

He said that since plans are kept politically rather than necessary in the budget, the people's representatives should commit to adding new plans only after completing the old ongoing projects.

Presenting the working paper on 'Infrastructure Development and Parliamentary Monitoring in Nepal', infrastructure expert Kishore Thapa said that qualitative development will accelerate only if the overall aspect of the physical infrastructure under construction can be monitored. Emphasizing that the role of the parliamentary committee in infrastructure projects should be increased, he said that regular monitoring of strategically important projects, information on the effective compliance of infrastructure related policies and initiatives should be taken for policy and legal reforms. 

'There should be parliamentary monitoring in the cycle of project identification, pre-feasibility study, feasibility study, detailed project report, project implementation, project handover and operation, monitoring and evaluation, nurturing and learning,' said expert Thapa.

MP and committee member Dinesh Kumar Yadav said that projects of national pride are still in limbo. "Corridor roads have not yet been built, the government should focus on completing such projects as a priority in the budget," he said, "The parliamentary committee will give instructions." But it is not implemented . It was not just a matter of giving instructions for instructions.' 

Thakur Gayre, the chairman of the implementation, monitoring and evaluation committee of the state's director principles, policies and responsibilities, while commenting on the working paper, said that although the various agencies of the state are regularly monitoring the infrastructure projects, in the event that there is no result, the parliamentary monitoring of the state organs is necessary . "Until a monitoring 'checklist' is made, results can only be obtained if monitoring is based on it," he said.