ILAM, Feb 21: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation Rajendra Lingden has said that we need to be self-reliant on the energy sector through increased investment.

At a program organized at Rong Rural Municipality in Ilam on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Lingden said he was working for investment expansion in the energy sector.

Lingden shared that he is committed to increasing the production of electricity after he assumed office as  energy minister. 

On a different note, Lingden said that all should work with the idea of ‘nation first’ as the people’s mandate is for the same. 

Chief of the District Coordination Committee, Ilam, Jaya Prakash Rai, Mayor of Suryodaya Municipality Rana Bahadur Rai and Chairman of Rong Rural Municipality Mani Kumar Syangbo, among others also shared their views on the occasion.

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