Minister Bhusal appeals to NRNs to contribute to their motherland

HELSINKI, FINLAND: Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal has said the skills and experience gained by Nepalis in different countries around the world should be used for the prosperity of their motherland. Nepalis who are scattered all over the world seeking employment and education should contribute to the socio-economic development of their country. Addressing a programme organised by the Nepali community living in Finland on the occasion of the upcoming Teej festival on Saturday, Minister Bhusal opined that a situation should be created to respect work in our own country too where we can live a happy life without toiling as hard as we must abroad. "The aim of Nepal now is economic and social development, so you should return and join the campaign to make the country prosperous," she said. The Energy Minister emphasized the need for learning good things from developed countries and using it to build our own country, she said and added, just as the Finns progressed in economic prosperity, Nepalis should also work together to make their country economically strong. [caption id="attachment_27446" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Nepali community members attend a programme organised on the occasion of the upcoming Teej festival in Helsinki, Finland, on Saturday, August 13, 2022. Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal addressed the programme. Photo: RSS[/caption] Minister Bhusal expressed her belief that Nepal could be prosperous only by developing and promoting agriculture, water resources and tourism. She shared that Nepal has recently started making good income by exporting electric power. "I request all Nepalis to return home to make use of the fertile land, natural resources and resources of their country," she said. She also assured of taking the initiative to establish a consular office in Helsinki to solve the problems of visas for Nepalis. On the occasion, President of Gulmi-Rupakot Society, Bhaktiram Bhandari, said that there is a compulsion to go to another country for the visa process for travelling back to Nepal and appealed to the Minister to take the initiative to address the problem. More than 500 Nepalis living in Finland participated in the programme. A high-level team including Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Sagar Kumar Rai, and other officials, led by Minister Bhusal is on a visit to Finland for promoting cooperation between the Governments of Nepal and Finland on reducing the increasing risk of natural disasters caused by climate change. By RSS READ ALSO:

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