Kathmandu. Various issues related to automobiles have been discussed in the Ministry of Infrastructure Development. A delegation led by NADA President Surendra Kumar Upreti on June 2 held a meeting with Sunil Lamsal, Minister of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Kathmandu on June 2 and discussed various issues of automobile sector in Nepal.
During the discussion, Minister Sunil Lamsal assured that the government would amend the Act itself to facilitate the suggestions received from NADA.
During the meeting, NADA President Upreti presented various suggestions related to the automobile sector of Nepal. The discussion was held on the government’s recent decision to suspend the registration of vehicles of commercial importance. He said that the government should reconsider this issue and implement a digital integration between the Department of Customs and the Department of Transport Management to automatically exchange details of imported vehicles.
Likewise, the discussion also called for removing the compulsion of registration of vehicles in the name of dealers after the integration of customs and transport systems, making provision for operation and transfer of vehicles using the temporary self-declaration number to be issued through the government portal. They suggested that there should be clarity on the implementation timeline and its involvement and role in the process, effective implementation of vehicle import policy and resolution of practical problems faced by the industries and businesses, provision should be made for the representation of NADA in the Transport Authority and the vehicle tax should be levied only after the sale of vehicles.
The meeting was attended by Industry Secretary Krishna Bahadur Raut, Infrastructure Development Secretary Gopal Prasad Sigdel, Director General of Customs Development Shyam Prasad Bhandari and Director General of Department of Transport Management Roshan Gyawali.
Similarly, NADA senior advisor Rajan Babu Shrestha, general secretary Milan Babu Malla, NADA central working committee member Nawaraj Bhusal, NADA central working committee member and commercial vehicle committee president Bimal Sah and NADA central working committee member and environment committee president Pehesh Pal also expressed their views.
