Parliamentary sub-committee formed to probe Mid-Marshyangdi scam

A nine-member parliamentary sub-committee has been formed to investigate into the claims of irregularities that have occurred in the Mid-Marshyangdi Hydro-power Project.

A meeting of the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) held Sunday reached to a decision to this effect.

The sub-committee, to be headed by lawmaker Prakash Chandra Lohani, has been asked to submit its findings within a month.

Today's meeting also directed the Ministry for Peace and Reconstruction to submit the details of the expenditure incurred while rehabilitating the people displaced during the conflict period before the committee's meeting.

Similarly, the meeting also directed the Council of Ministers, Home Ministery and Health Ministry to brief the committee on the distribution of donation.

Although Minister for Water Resources Bishnu Poudel was also summonned in today¢s meeting, he couldn't appear in it as he is currently on a foreign trip.

The meeting also asked the heads of the four public corporations who didn't appear in previous two meetings to appear in the next meeting.

The meeting of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee is being held later today. nepalnews.com Feb 01 09