Kathmandu, June 24 -- Lawmakers will retain their role in utilising the resources transferred from the Local Infrastructure Development Partnership Programme to fight the Covid-19 pandemic despite government's decision to transfer the unused funds to the accounts created by local governments to prevent the disease at the local level.

The Cabinet on June 16 had approved an amendment to the regulation governing the Local Infrastructure Development Partnership Programme, allowing transfer of its unused funds to Covid-19 accounts at the local level.

As per the amendment, the transferred amount cannot be used for other purposes except for prevention, control and treatment of Covid-19 pandemic.

In a circular issued to the local governments, ...