Kathmandu, Feb 6 : The Nepal Army (NA) has demanded registration of vehicles obtained from the UN Peacekeeping Mission and Chinese government.
The NA has sought support in the
registration of vehicles that were brought back to the country after completing
the peacekeeping missions and the ones gifted by the Chinese government in
different times.
It was shared in the second
quarterly progress sharing meeting of the Ministry of Defense that a report
commissioned by the ministry itself to study on the registration of the
vehicles was also received.
A request was made to the Ministry
of Forest and Environment for amendment to the vehicular emission standards in
connection with the registration of vehicles obtained from China. As informed,
no progress has been so far reported to this effect.
The Ministry of Defense has been
exploring different ways for the registration and proper use of 205 vehicles NA
possessed.
The vehicles have been remaining
idle in lack of the proper ways for registration.
In the meeting, Chief of Army Staff
(COAS) Prabhuram Sharma said, "There is a problem in the registration of
the vehicles returned after the UN peacekeeping missions and obtained from
Chinese government on different occasions. Registration should in no way be
protracted".
Noting that various standards
regarding registration of vehicles that were not procured by the NA but
received as aid should not prevail, he said the registration and use of
vehicles returned from the UN mission that were already in use in different
parts of the globe would not inflict any effects to the environment of the
country.