The government has formed a committee to probe the issues of power tariff dues related to dedicated and trunk line services. Former Supreme Court Justice Girish Chandra Lal will lead the probe panel.

A Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday formed the committee under the headship of Supreme Court Justice Girish Chandra Lal.

The cabinet meeting has also directed the line agencies to ensure power supply in the industries whose power supply was cut off due to the long pending dues.

Similarly, the Council of Ministers appointed 25 persons in the National Development Council.

The appointees come from amongst the representatives of the District Coordination Committees (DDCs), local governments and other agencies.

Likewise, the government has decided to announce martyrs to different persons whose names were missed in the Nepal Gazette in the past and made corrections to the list of martyrs announced on different dates.

Furthermore, the cabinet approved the resignation tendered by Chairperson of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) Purushottam Khanal.

The government has decided to appoint NTA Board of Directors Nabaraj Adhikari as the NTA Chairman until next decision as per the Rule 3 (A) of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority Regulations, according to the PM's secretariat.

A panel has been formed under the leadership of the Secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology for the appointment of the new NTA Chair.