KATHMANDU, Aug 15: A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) under the House of Representatives scheduled for Friday has been postponed due to a lack of quorum.
According to PAC Secretary Ekram Giri, only 12 lawmakers attended the meeting, which required at least 51 percent of the members to meet the quorum. The PAC has 26 members.
The PAC was scheduled to discuss a complaint filed regarding the load-carrying capacity of trucks.
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The Nepal Truck Transport Entrepreneurs' Federation had lodged the complaint, alleging that the existing legal provisions on the load-carrying capacity of freight vehicles were not being implemented or enforced.
The complaint stated that the condition of bridges and roads had deteriorated and the risk of road accidents had increased due to the operation of vehicles carrying loads in violation of the standards set by the Freight Vehicle Load-Carrying Directive, 2074 BS.
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