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Kathmandu, March 20: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that four airlines will operate regular flights from Bhairahawa Airport. Speaking at the meeting of the House of Representatives, Prime Minister Oli informed that arrangements have been made to provide labor from Butwal itself, adding that there will now be four regular international flights from Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa.

At present, Al Jazeera, FlyDubai, Air Asia and Nepal Airlines are operating international flights from this airport, and the Labor and Employment Office has started providing labour clearance from Butwal,” PM Oli said, adding that arrangements have been made to provide banking facilities, including immigration, currency exchange, etc. at the airport and work is underway to make the airport operate at full capacity in the future.”

He also informed that the government is preparing an action plan for the sustainable operation of the Gautam Buddha International Airport in consultation with the concerned bodies. “Concessions and incentives such as concession in passenger service fee, concession in ground handling, landing, parking and navigation fees have been implemented,” PM Oli said.

PM Oli informed that a feasibility study is being conducted in collaboration with the Government of Nepal and Thailand International Cooperation Agency for the construction of a well-equipped birthing hospital in Lumbini Province. In view of the immense religious and tourist potential of the Lumbini area, the construction works are being carried out according to the Lumbini Guru Plan, which was approved in 1978.

People’s News Monitoring Service.