TULASIPUR (DANG), June 4: The Lumbini Province Government has presented its policy and programs for the upcoming fiscal year 2024/25 to the Province Assembly. Province Chief Amik Sherchan read out the document in the assembly on Monday.  

The provincial government has pledged a feasibility study to establish community childcare centers at four locations: Ghorahi, Lumbini, Butwal, and Nepalgunj within the province.  

On the occasion, Province Chief Sherchan said the concept aims to retain working women who are likely to quit their jobs after having a baby due to their prescribed roles of taking care of the child.  

The province government assures of coming up with a 10-year strategy to combat early marriage and make the province free from child marriage by 2030 AD.  It has announced plans to provide self-defense training to girls, establish a province-level child protection home, and so on.

Subsidy in agriculture based on production, modernization of agriculture with the use of technology, a feasibility study for the Budhha Tourist Circuit. Lumbini-Dhorpatan-Dunai-Jumla-Khalanga-Rara-Kankrebihar-Kohalpur-Lumbini', promotion of trans-province cooperation, construction of disabled-friendly roadways and the launch of a special drinking water program at Koilabas point of Dang are among the announcements incorporated in the provincial government’s policies and programs. 

The government has pursued the policies of discouraging migration from the hill to Terai by establishing model settlements within the villages, building a herb processing industry within the province, launching awareness programs to minimize human-wildlife conflict, operating special classes for autistic children, and ensuring an internet facility for higher education students.

Similarly, it has pledged to recognize the mother tongue as an official language and manage air ambulance facilities for the rescue of expecting women.