Only 12 MPs were present in the committee which had 26 members in total.
Today's meeting of the Public Accounts Committee under the House of Representatives has been postponed due to insufficient quorum. According to the secretary of the committee, Ekram Giri, only 12 MPs were present in today's meeting. The meeting was adjourned until further notice after the quorum was not reached in the said committee, which has a total of 26 members.
According to rule 182 of the House of Representatives Rules 2079, the quorum of the committee is 51 percent of the existing members.
In today's meeting, the agenda was to discuss the complaint filed in the committee regarding the load capacity of the truck. The Nepal Truck Transport Association complained to the committee that the existing legal provisions regarding the load carrying capacity of cargo vehicles could not be implemented and regulated.
A complaint has been filed in the committee stating that the condition of bridges and roads has worsened and the risk of accidents has increased due to carrying weight contrary to the standards determined by the guidelines for cargo vehicles, 2074.
