The sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee has determined that there have been irregularities and corruption since the beginning of the construction of Pokhara International Airport. In the report prepared by the sub-committee, it is mentioned that there have been irregularities and corruption since the beginning of the construction of Pokhara International Airport.
It is mentioned in the conclusion of the report prepared by the sub-committee. "Irregularities and corruption occurred at the beginning of the contract process, and there were widespread irregularities from an economic and technical point of view during the construction, and a policy decision was made to increase the cost by forming a 3-member task force with the intention of legitimizing corruption contrary to the Public Procurement Act and popular belief," the report states.
With the aim of expanding Nepal's international air services, tourism, economic and commercial development, the sub-committee stated that 3106 acres of land had been acquired for the construction of the Pokhara Regional International Airport since 2032.
Pokhara Regional International Airport, which is a project of national pride, has not been fully and commercially operated even though it has been completed, and the public accounting committee formed to study the complaints of irregularities and corruption in the construction process.
The conclusion of the sub-committee is that financial and technical irregularities have been committed in the construction of Pokhara Airport. "During the construction, there were widespread irregularities from an economic and technical point of view, a policy decision was made to increase the cost by forming a 3-member task force with the intention of legitimizing corruption contrary to the public procurement act and popular belief, and by giving tax exemptions against the provisions of the original agreement, a new implementation agreement was made with the intention of economic irregularities. The Nepal Civil Aviation Authority, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Finance repeatedly committed financial irregularities of 2.22 billion 4 million based on the master list," said the sub-committee. is .
The sub-committee has recommended that those involved in corruption and irregularities should be dealt with by the relevant agencies after conducting a comprehensive study from the legal and technical point of view of the overall construction of the airport. 'This sub-committee is of the view that the Nepal government should take initiative for commercial operations only by making the airport fully operable.
This visiting team formed by the Public Accounts Committee has identified legal, technical, economic, environmental and technical irregularities and corruption in the mentioned matter on the basis of on-site observation, study and monitoring, and interaction. It seems that the Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission should immediately investigate and investigate this matter and come to a conclusion and take action to the extent of the law against the perpetrators of irregularities or corruption,' the sub-committee recommends.
This parliamentary subcommittee had 11 members. Rajendra Lingden of RPP was the coordinator and Arjun Narasimha KC, Deepak Giri, Ramkrishna Yadav and Devprasad Timalsena of Congress were members of the subcommittee. Gokul Prasad Baskota, Tara Lama Tamang and Rukmani Rana Barailly from UML and Janardhan Sharma and Amanlal Modi from Maoist were members. Prem Bahadur Ale was a member from Integrated Samajwadi Party.
