Tansen, Jan. 31 : Vice-chairman of National Planning Commission (Npc) Prithvi Raj Ligal inaugurated the participatory long-term strategic planning workshop organised by palpa ddc here today.

In his inaugural address, npc vice-chairman ligal said since poverty alleviation is the overriding goal of His Majesty’s Government, the local bodies also should try their best to help the government achieve this goal.

Stressing the need to select only those projects which benefit the people so as to gear up the development process, he said the failure to implement projects on time has hampered completion of many projects.

Mp som Prasad pandey alerted the government against the formulation of rules and regulations which contravene with the local self-governance act.

Yadav Bahadur rayamajhi, also an mp, stressed the need for elected local representatives to see to it that plans and projects are selected on the basis of priority at the local level so that the projects do not remain incomplete.

Palpa ddc chairman jhapendra g.C. complained that the projects selected at local level are often changed by the center.

Mayor of tansen municipality ashok shahi highlighted the importance of the local self-governance act. Various political party representatives and others also expressed their views.