TAAN Gandaki elects new executives

Pokhara—Tirtha Raj Subedi has been elected president of the Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN), Gandaki, on Wednesday in Pokhara. The 33^rd general meeting and 10^th convention of TAAN Gandaki also elected an 11-member executive body unopposed for the upcoming tenure.

Mohan Prasad Subedi has been elected first vice president, while Gopal Krishna Sangraula was elected second vice president. Bhupendra Kumar Lama became secretary, and Prakash Paudel got the responsibility of joint secretary. Chandra Bahadur Bhujel was elected treasurer of TAAN Gandaki, which is an umbrella organization of Gandaki Province-based entrepreneurs related to the trekking business.

Balaram Dahal, Bhupendra Gautam, Ajay Raj Adhikari, Shiva Chhetri and Shree Ram Pokhrel were elected members of the new committee. The new committee will nominate two members from the member companies. The newly elected president Subedi vowed that the new committee would cooperate with the government to make the trekking sector secure and well managed. The exploration and promotion of new trekking trails are also his priorities.

TAAN central committee president Sagar Pandey stressed the implementation of the trekkers' information management system. TAAN immediate past president Krishna Prasad Acharya and Pokhara Tourism Council president Hari Bhujel also put their remarks during the annual general meeting inaugurated by Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation ministry secretary Mukunda Prasad Niraula.

Tirtha Raj Subedi, TAAN Gandaki's newly elected president.