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Minister Basnet bats for developing Karnali region

Kathmandu, May 20 : Minister for Environment Shakti Bahadur Basnet has said that the government was working out to develop the Karnali province as the zone for medicinal herbs.
Talking to federal and provincial lawmakers’ delegates repressing from the province here in the capital today, Minister Basnet said so.
He further argued though the region had an immense potentiality for the agricultural development, youths were compelled to go to gulf countries for employment. “Such trend will be ended soon”, Basnet said.
Minister Basnet further committed to allocating budget to set up hub refine centres in the regions. Minister Basnet also a leader of Communist Party of Nepal opined to make the famous Rara Lake as the foundation for tourism development in the region.