Kathmandu, April 18 -- A subpanel of the House of Representatives' Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has confirmed irregularities and corruption worth billions of rupees in the construction of Pokhara International Airport.

Finalising the draft report nearly 10 months after its formation, the 12-member committee led by Rastriya Prajatantra Party chair Rajendra Lingden has unearthed irregularities and corruption in construction as well as exemption of taxes to the construction companies.

"The corruption and the irregularities amount to around Rs14 billion in the current exchange rate of US dollar," Prem Ale, a member of the committee, told the Post.

The subpanel has listed out corruption and irregularities in around a dozen issues. The pr...