By Our Reporter
There is a shortage of the Ayurvedic medicines manufactured by the Singhadurwar Vaidyakhana. Ayurvedic medicines manufactured by the Vaidyakhana, a government undertaking, are considered to be effective and of good quality.
Reports state that as officials in the Vaidyakhana are running their own medicines manufacturing companies, they have intentionally created a shortage of the medicines manufactured by the Vaidyakhana so that the products of their companies could be sold from the market. There is a strong manipulation to sabotage the Vaidyakhana.
In September, India delivered a newly manufactured railway engine and boggy purchased by the Nepal government. It has already been two months, still, the operation date of the railway is uncertain. Why the concerned authority didn’t complete preparatory works earlier to the arrival of the train!
There is strong domination of the rival airlines company the Himalayan Airlines in the management of Nepal Airlines. Already two board directors are from the Yeti Airlines, the sister organization of the Himalayan Airlines. They have been assigned in the NAC, not for the progress of the government undertaking airlines but to boost the Himalayan Airlines and to ruin further the Nepal Airlines.
The national flag career, already ruined from loss and debt, seems unable to fly aircraft due to the lack of management capability and brokers’ commission interests. Already, the Airlines has announced the disposal of the six aircraft manufactured in China. The aircraft were grounded since its arrival due to the lack of operational capability of the Airlines management. Now, the Airlines is planning to procure some Twin Otter aircraft by replacing China-made aircraft, it is because there is a hefty amount of commission while procuring new aircraft.
Experts are saying that Nepal cannot operate wide-body aircraft. The narrow body aircraft were enough to operate flights in the region. The then greedy management team, influenced by the hefty amount of commission, procured two wide-body aircraft, which has become a white elephant for the Corporation.
Those were the days when foreigners used to feel proud while flying with the then Royal Nepal Airlines. Along with the demise of the Panchayat days, RNAC and other government-owned corporations started to ruin.
The Magnesite mine has remained closed for the last 22 years and the government is unable to run the factory.
Since the introduction of the multiparty democracy in 1989, the downfall of the government undertakings has started. Otherwise, they were considered as the highest taxpaying corporation in the country. The political leaders who came to the power after 1989 always tried to squeeze the government undertakings either by making them a venue to deploy political workers or made them the money-making bowel.
Forget about the government undertakings in operation in third countries, in our neighbouring countries, India and China, all the government undertakings are in operation successfully. Why they are non-functional only in Nepal and particularly in the era of Baburam Bhattarai and Pushpakamal Dahal’s “loktantra”! It is shameful for the Nepali political leaders. Clearly, Nepal is not in the making!
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