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Dhangadhi, Feb. 3 (RSS): A workshop seminar on "The participation of the private sector in the urban development management of Dhangadhi Municipality: Possibilities and challenges" was organised here on Friday with the objective of increasing the private sector participation in the urban development of the municipality as per the spirit of the Local Self-Governance Act. Some 45 persons including municipality office-bearers, representatives of political parties, industrialists, businessmen, social workers and journalists took part in the workshop seminar jointly organised by Kailali district Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Dhangadhi Municipality in cooperation with the Urban Development Through Local Efforts (UDLE) project. At the seminar discussions were held on topics such as the identification of the possible areas which could be undertaken in partnership with the private sector and other possible legal, political economic and technological problems and challenges. Representatives of the private sector at the seminar expressed the possibility of the private sector’s participation in the extension of the existing services and facilities, enhancement of good-governance and capability building, management of the health, education, drinking water and sanitation sectors, market and industrial development, construction of an abattoir, improvement of the local cremation grounds and development of tourist areas. Programmes like interactions, discussions and seminars are being held regularly in cooperation with the U.D.L.E. to promote partnership between the local bodies, the private sector and the civil society for sustainable urban development. In this connection, a slogan "The prospects of Dhangadhi Municipality: education, health and professional self-reliance" has been developed in line with the concept of the long-term development of Dhangadhi town into a environmentally clean business hub and a centre of health and education facilities. Earlier, mayor Khem Raj Pandeya, economist Dr. Hemraj Panta, president of Kailali district Chamber of Commerce and Industry Uttam Bahadur Kathayat FNCCI member Damodar Bhatta, and the consultant of the U.D.L.E. Maniram Singh expressed their views on partnership in development. Other Stories |
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