Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun, chief guest of the concluding ceremony, said the government has prioritized construction of the proposed Thori-Kerung road to establish Nepal as a transit route between China and India.[break]
“The construction of the strategic road would be completed at the earliest,” said Pun. He also said construction of the Kathmandu-Tarai fast track was also on the high priority of the government.
Kathmandu-Tarai fast track and Thori-Kerung road are among more than three dozen projects proposed at the Chitwan Festival under invest-mid Nepal campaign.
On the occasion, Dr Til Chandra Bhattarai, president of the Chitwan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), handed over a booklet incorporating proposals on more than three dozen economically viable projects on infrastructure, agriculture and service sectors for development of mid-Nepal.
According to organizers, over 450,000 visitors attended the 10-day fair.
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