The Chief Minister’s Office has started its operations in Province 3. After provincial Chief Secretary Reshmiraj Pandey assumed office on Friday, the CM’s office started day-to-day administration. 

The Office of the CM and Council of Provincial Ministers is housed at the building of the District Coordination Committee in Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-2. 

According to the constitution, the chief minister should be elected by February 15.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law has been set up at the building of the District Education Office, which has been shifted to the Hetauda Sub-metropolis building.

Chief Secretary Pandey said there will be seven ministries in the province, including the Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Financial Affairs, Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperative; and the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment. The ministries will start operations from various government buildings in Hetauda, said Pandey.

The first meeting of the Provincial Assembly was held in Hetauda on Thursday. 

All the 110 members 

elected from Sindhuli, Ramechhap, Dolakha, Sindhupalchok, Kavre, Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Chitwan and Makwanpur districts attended the first session. The Province 3 assembly will meet next on February 10.

Preps to retain Hetauda as capital

HETAUDA: The Ministry of Urban Development has intensified works to manage infrastructure in Hetauda with an aim to retain the city as the capital of Province 3. The government has named Hetauda as the temporary capital of Province-3. However, lawmakers are calling for shifting the headquarters to a more accessible location for all the districts as Hetauda is at the southern end of the province. Engineer Sudeep Acharya said the Building Technical Investigation and Training Centre under the ministry has concluded that there are proper facilities for setting up the permanent provincial headquarters in Hetauda. The Provincial Assembly has the constitutional authority to decide the state capital. (PR)