The Far Western Province government has allocated Rs 19.83 billion for capital expenditure in the budget for the current fiscal year 2082/83, but has been able to spend only 2.17 percent of it by Mangsir.
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The Far Western Province government has not been able to return to normalcy since the Gen-G protests of Bhadra 23 and 24.
The political leadership in charge of the government has become sluggish, while the employees have not been able to recover from their sad and depressed mood. During the agitation, the infrastructure of almost all ministries was destroyed. The fact that the government affected by the agitation has not yet returned to normal is also shown by the expenditure results so far.
The Sudurpaschim Provincial Government had brought a budget of 33.57 billion 60 million 48 thousand rupees in the current fiscal year. Of this, only 2.53 billion 68 million 86 thousand have been spent till Mangsir. Out of the 19.83 billion 206 thousand budget allocated for the capital expenditure of the current fiscal year, only 2.17 percent has been spent till Mangsir. The current expenditure is 15.45 percent. The total expenditure of the provincial government is only 7.58 percent.
Rajendra Kumar Hamal, Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, admits that the work of the provincial government has not gained the expected pace. In Secretary Hamal's opinion, the physical and psychological impact of the movement has not been eliminated. 'On the other hand, I see that the overall political situation in the country is also having a psychological impact,' Secretary Hamal said, 'The political situation in the country naturally affects all structures. The current situation is the same. There is no way that employees will be exempt from that situation.'
Many understand that the political leadership has also not been able to work as openly as before. Minister of State for Economic Affairs Prakash Bahadur Bam says that the impact of the Gen-G movement is still there. 'Buildings, documents have been burned, there are no vehicles.' The problem is also that most ministries have to work from scratch,' says Minister of State Bam.
Although coordination with the federal government is good, working with the political leadership is not as easy as it is now. 'Now it is only formal.' If there was political leadership, there would be informal talks with the federal government leadership to carry out provincial work. On the other hand, he said that the federal government has also reversed some decisions made under provincial laws. ‘According to provincial laws, arrangements were made for personal secretaries of MPs and ministers. But the federal government is writing letters saying that they cannot be kept,’ he said.
Among the destroyed physical infrastructure, the office building of the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers has not yet been repaired. The ministries of economic affairs and physical infrastructure, which were heavily damaged, have been relocated to other buildings. The ministries of internal affairs, land management and agriculture, social development, industry, tourism, forest and environment have repaired their own buildings and started working. The renovation of the provincial assembly building has not yet been completed.
Since then, the provincial assembly meeting held in the first week of Bhadra has been stalled. The secretariat has stated that there is a lot of work in the provincial assembly secretariat. ‘Law-making work is piling up,’ said Yubaraj Jaishi, information officer at the Provincial Assembly Secretariat. ‘Law-making work registered in 2081 Falgun has also been stalled. There are many businesses including Tikapur University, Technical University, local level law amendments.’ Jaishi said that the forest law amendment registered in 2081 Falgun and the University of Science and Technology registered in 2081 Chaitra have not yet been discussed. He said that the law on goodwill registered at the same time has also been stalled.
The meeting room of the Provincial Assembly building, which was destroyed during the agitation, has not yet been repaired. ‘The work of repairing the Provincial Assembly meeting room has just started since Wednesday,’ said Information Officer Jaishi. ‘The delay is due to the tender process.’ He said that it is not yet certain when the meeting will be held. ‘A meeting of the Business Advisory Committee has been called for the 7th,’ Jaishi said. ‘We will know what the meeting decides after that.’
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