Vijayanagar Rural Municipality Submits Development Demands to Lumbini Chief Minister

Butwal. Vijayanagar Rural Municipality has submitted a memorandum to Lumbini Province Chief Minister Chet Narayan Acharya, outlining various demands for the overall development and infrastructure expansion of the region.

During his visit to the rural municipality on the occasion of the New Year 2083, Chief Minister Acharya was presented with the memorandum containing concrete development agendas by Rural Municipality Chairman Gopal Bahadur Thapa Magar. The memorandum prioritizes the expansion of road networks, proper irrigation management, river control, and the development of education and tourism infrastructure.

The primary demand put forward by the rural municipality is the blacktopping of a 12-kilometer road connecting Surahi Bridge in Shivraj Municipality through Vijayanagar to Jhingaha in Krishnanagar Municipality. Locals expect that the construction of this strategic link road to the East-West Highway will significantly boost the economic and social development of the region. Additionally, the memorandum includes demands for the reconstruction of Shankarpur Lake, controlling erosion from the Surahi and Arra rivers to protect settlements, providing irrigation to agricultural land, and improving the physical infrastructure of schools.

Upon receiving the memorandum, Chief Minister Acharya stated that the provincial government has taken the plans presented by Vijayanagar Rural Municipality seriously. He committed to prioritizing the 12-kilometer road section in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2083/084. The Chief Minister clarified that the road would be advanced as a multi-year project and noted that he had already conducted a field inspection of the area.

He emphasized that despite limited resources, the provincial government would accelerate development works based on necessity and priority, while further strengthening coordination with local levels.