Preparations on to use Gurung, Magar languages as official languages in Gandaki Province

The Gandaki Province Government has initiated plans to use Gurung and Magar languages as the official languages in the province.

Social Development Minister of Gandaki Province, Bindu Kumar Thapa, shared that processes have been forwarded to use the two languages for official communication in the province.

The Social Development Ministry conducted a program in Damauli on Sunday to collect recommendations for this purpose too.

Minister Thapa said that the province government has prepared a bill to use these two languages as the official languages and the recommendations have been collected from the districts. 

The bill is being formulated now and will be tabled in the Winter Session of the Gandaki Province Assembly, according to Minister Thapa. 

Minister Thapa argued that the move was aimed at preserving, promoting and developing the two dominant languages of the province, and to ensure prompt service delivery from the public agencies.  

The Language Commission of Nepal had also recommended the use of these two languages for official communications in the province.

In the province, Magar and Gurung communities make up 18.8 percent and 11 percent, respectively.