Kathmandu, Aug 15: The meeting today of the Public Accounts Committee under the House of Representatives has been postponed after failing to meet the required quorum.
According to committee secretary Ekram Giri, only 12 lawmakers turned up for the meeting that required at least 51 per cent of the members to fulfill the requirement for a meeting. The meeting was postponed until further notice after the quorum was not reached in the 26-member committee.
According to Rule 182 of the House of Representatives Rules 2079, the quorum of the committee is 51 percent of the current number of members.
Today’s meeting had a meeting to discuss the complaint filed with the committee regarding the load-carrying capacity of trucks. The Nepal Truck Transport Entrepreneurs’ Federation had filed a complaint with the committee alleging that the existing legal provisions regarding the load-carrying capacity of freight vehicles were not being implemented and regulated.
The complaint was filed with the committee alleging that the condition of bridges and roads had deteriorated and the risk of accidents had increased due to the operation of vehicles carrying weights contrary to the standards set by the Freight Vehicle Load-Carrying Directive, 2074.
