Water Resources Bill endorsed by NA

Kathmandu, Aug 8: A meeting of the National Assembly (NA) today unanimously passed the ' Water Resources Bill, 2081 BS'. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Deepak Khadka, proposed the meeting to endorse the Bill along with a message from the House of Representatives (HoR). Prior to this, the NA session dedicated time to discuss about the Legislation Management Committee's report regarding the Bill and the message received from the lower house. Taking part in the deliberations, Bishnu Bahadur Bishwakarma, Krishna Bahadur Rokaya, Radheshyam Paswan, Gopal Bhattarai and Taraman Swanr expressed their views on various aspects of the Bill. In response to their concerns, the Minister said the Bill aimed to exploring utilisation and management of water resources. As he said, the Bill did not talk about the inclusion as this has been already constitutionally guaranteed. Meantime, the upper house session expressed sorrow over the demise of former member of the lower house, Khagaraj Sharma, passing a condolence motion towards that end. Sharma had passed away on July 21 at the age of 85. The NA shall meet again at 1:15 pm on August 12.