INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, APRIL 19The CPN (Unified Socialist) has unveiled its manifesto for the
CPN (US) CWC meeting in Kathmandu
Fodder for the dry season
Unveiling the manifesto
at a programme here today, CPN (US) Chairperson Madhav Kumar Nepal declared that each household would be provided with free electricity up
to 200 units through the local government led by the party
Necessary coordination would be made with federal and provincial governments for this, he highlighted.
He also noted that
his party's manifesto outlines a plan to provide basic electricity service to houses without and place top priority on providing free
health, education and drinking water service through the local government budget.The manifesto also includes popular programmes that the
Nepal-led government had carried out before such as 'let us build our village on our own' initiated by the nine-month government of the
CPN-UML."Each household of the municipality/rural municipality will be provided with 5,000 litres of water free
Drinking water will be made available to people of the area where drinking water is not within reach, the manifesto highlighted.A version of
this article appears in the print on April 20, 2022, of The Himalayan Times
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