Govt. decides to test level of pesticides in imported goods for consumption; cautions KMC Mayor

Kathmandu / April 11: A meeting of the Council of Ministers held today approved a proposal received from the infrastructure committee of the Council of Ministers on testing the maximum level of pesticides in all imported goods for consumption.

Emerging from the meeting, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma, who is also the government’s spokesperson, said that today’s meeting also took seriously the statements made by the Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) on garbage collection from Sheetal Niwas, Baluwatar and Singhadurbar.

The cabinet meeting has taken seriously the statements made by the KMC Mayor Balendra Sah and draw attention to abide by the policy-level provisions on garbage collection and take needed initiatives for garbage collection, according to Minister Sharma.

Furthermore, today’s cabinet meeting appointed Govinda Acharya as the Press Advisor to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Minister Sharma said.

Journalist Acharya is the former Chairman of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) as well. (RSS)