Nepal, Sept. 23 -- The House of Representatives has passed the Infectious Animal Disease (Control) Bill, 2083.

The House unanimously passed a proposal seeking consideration of the bill, presented by Minister for Agriculture, Forests and Environment Gita Chaudhary, at its meeting on Wednesday. The bill originated in the National Assembly.

Lawmakers Shobha Khanal, Ganga Laxmi Awal, Madhav Bahadur Thapa, Mohan Lal Acharya, Samiksha Baskota, Pushpa Kumari Chaudhary, Ganesh Bahadur Bishwakarma, Dr Ojaswi Sherchan, Tara Bishwakarma, Ganga Devi Shrestha, Parbati BK, Ninu Kumari Karna, Bharat Prasad Parajuli, Hari Mohan Bhandari, Rajan Gautam and Hari Prasad Bhusal spoke in support of the bill, stressing the need to strengthen measures to cont...