KATHMANDU, April 17: Lawmakers have called on the government to be accountable to the parliament and implement the directives given by the parliamentary committees.

Taking part in discussion on the evaluation and follow-up report on the implementation of National Concern and Coordination Committee's annual reports for the fiscal years 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 in the meeting of the National Assembly (NA) on Monday, they urged the government to be serious about implementing the reports prepared by the parliamentary committees after intensive deliberations.

The upper house lawmakers called on the parliament also to pay attention towards the government's negligence towards implementing the parliamentary committee's reports, taking them only as ritualistic events though the ministers and secretaries of different ministries are invited to the committees' meetings for clarifications.

Lawmaker Sonam Gyaljen Sherpa criticized the government for not being serious towards the directives and suggestions given by the parliamentary committees to the government.

Gopi Bahadur Sarki Achhami stressed on fully implementing the directives related to federalism and finalizing the issue on fiscal federalism.

Anita Devkota said many national pride projects were in limbo and there was lack of coordination at different structural levels. She complained that projects which were said to be completed in five years have not been completed even in 15 years.

Khimlal Devkota alleged that the federal government has a mentality of centralization when it comes to making various legislations facilitating the provincial governments.

Tulasa Kumari Dahal pointed out the lack of inter-ministry coordination in implementing the national pride projects. She wanted to know about the government's preparation in the face of increasing COVID-19 cases.

Kamala Panta complained about the excessive delay in the construction of the Budhi Gandaki Project despite having adequate budget.

Devendra Dahal said the government has not even implemented 30 percent of the directives of the parliamentary committees.

Ganga Kumari Belbase drew the attention of the government over the lackluster progress in the construction of the Nijgadh Expressway.

Madan Kumari Shah  drew the attention of the government to resolve the problems encountered in the construction of the national pride projects and also to pay attention to the quality of works.

Bimala Rai Paudyal stressed on the need for improvement in the process and procedures of project construction. She said the 'track record' of the construction companies should be thoroughly evaluated before awarding them the contract for construction projects.

Jitendra Narayan Dev said the government is not taking the committees’ directives seriously while Shekhar Kumar Singh urged the government for implementation of the directives of all the four committees of the National Assembly as they are to assist the government. He also drew the attention of the government over the renting out of the land belonging to the Pashupati Area Development Trust.

Before this, the meeting unanimously approved a proposal seeking consideration over the evaluation and follow-up reports. Committee president Dil Kumari Rawal Thapa had presented the proposal in this connection.

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