Engineer Santosh Pandey appointed member secretary of Lumbini Development Fund

The government has appointed structural engineer Santosh Pandey as member secretary of the Lumbini Development Fund. The Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday appointed Pandey, from Tilottama in Rupandehi, to the post.

Pandey, who has more than a decade of experience in structural engineering, has worked as a structural engineer at Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Tilottama Municipality and Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City. He served as Kathmandu Metropolitan City's structural engineer during Balen Shah's tenure as mayor.

According to Bizmandu, Pandey is an advisor to Minister for Physical Infrastructure Sunil Lamsal. Its report states that he was appointed to the post by setting aside the applications received for it.

The Lumbini Development Fund has been working on the development of the Lumbini area, the birthplace of Buddha, including infrastructure construction and the implementation and management of the master plan.