Kathmandu, May 8: Minister for Information and Communications Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta said about Rs. 100 million of the Nepal Telecmmunications Corporation (ntc) will be mobilised to link Nepal Television with the satellite in near future.

Minister Gupta made this remark while giving away certificates to the participants of the managerial skill development training organised at Nepal Television today.

Stating that it was not only necessary to make Nepal Television useful and the best in the competitive market by linking it with the satellite, Mr. Gupta said that if the plans of linking Nepal Television with the satellite and opening the metro channel are completed within the stipulated time ntv’s programmes would be more effective.

The Minister for Information and Communications expressed confidence that such training programmes would prove beneficial in meeting challenges of the future.

Expressing the view that training in itself was not adequate, secretary at the Ministry of Information and Communications Sriram Poudel said that implementation of the knowledge gained from the training would help to move the institution in the right direction.

Acting ntv general manager Durganath Sharma informed that the Kohalpur regional transmission center would be linked the central transmission center soon.

Acting ntv deputy general manager Biswoprakash Maskey and training participant Prakash Jung Karki stressed the need to provide continuity to such training programmes in future.