KATHMANDU, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli convened the first ever Inter-province Council meeting with the chief ministers of the seven provinces.
The meeting has taken place some nine months after the formation of provincial governments in seven provinces of the Himalayan country on Monday.
"Prime Minister Oli convened the meeting to take stock of the problems the seven provinces are facing. The meeting was an opportunity to the prime minister to discuss with the chief ministers about the status of implementation of the federal system," Kundan Aryal, the prime minister's press adviser said here.
During the meeting, the prime minister told the chief ministers that the country is in the very preliminary phase of the implementation of the federal system.
On the occasion, chief ministers shared the prime minister about the existing problems the provincial governments facing while seeking strong support from the Central government for the same.
"Currently, provinces have no teeth to function independently. We have discussed on all the aspects including close coordination between the Central government and the provincial governments," Sherdhan Rai, the chief minister of the Province 1, told local media on Sunday.
The meeting was convened to look to resolve political disputes between the federal and provincial governments, and find out the way for coordination for development and other issues.
The Constitution of Nepal has envisioned the Inter-province Council for resolving political disputes among the Central government and the provincial government.
The provincial governments were formed in all seven provinces after the country held the provincial and parliament elections in November and December last year.
