At a meeting of the parliamentary committee held in Singha Durbar on Thursday, PAC Chairman Ram Krishna Yadav directed the government to inform it within 15 days making a decision on overhead bridges on the basis of the agreement signed with Innovative Pvt Ltd, decisions on the issue made on various dates and the previous directions issues by the committee.[break]
This direction comes amid government preparations to extend the Ring Road. Construction of overhead bridges in some junctions of the Ring Road is deemed to put the skids under the extension plan.
In the meeting, Minister for Physical Planning and Works Top Bahadur Rayamajhi construction of overhead bridges was not for commercial purpose, but for convenience of pedestrians and traffic pressure.
Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Baskota said overhead bridge construction should be developed into a mechanism to reduce increasing traffic flow.
Physical Planning Secretary Purna Kaderiya, Local Development Secretary Sushil Ghimire and Chief of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ganesh Rai stressed for the construction of overhead bridges to ease woes of pedestrians.
PAC members Rabindra Adhikari, Hridyesh Tripathi, Narayan Dahal, Deep Kumar Upadhaya, Dr Prakash Chandra Lohini and Keshav Mainali, in the meeting, said the committee should consider the coordinative concept while issuing directions.
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