Kathmandu, Mar. 3: A meeting of the local development and remote area development committee held under the chairmanship of committee chairman and local development Minister Chiranjibi Wagle today approved of a Rs. 1.51 million-programme for further discussion at the national planning commission and the finance ministry.

At the meeting committee chairman and Minister wagle stressed the need for the sectors concerned to focus on programmes which help the people of the remote areas to raise their income while formulating remote area development programmes.

The next important step is allocation of available resources on the basis of feasibility analysis of the region, he said.

According to the committee, the programme for the next year includes implementation of community-based small hydro electricity project, construction of roads and bridges, promotion of irrigation, preservation and promotion of medicinal plants cultivation and tourism development programmes.