The Department of Local Infrastructure Development (DoLID), is a department under the

Ministry of Urban Development Ministry of Urban Development may refer to: * Ministry of Urban Development (Albania) *Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India, formerly the Ministry of Urban Development * Ministry of Urban Development (Maharashtra), India *Ministry of Urban D ...

of Nepal, responsible for assisting local governments in the engineering aspects of

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

construction including rural, urban and agriculture road/bridge construction and mentinance. It has its branch offices.

History

Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Road (DoLIDAR) was established in 2055 BS under Ministry of Local Development and Administration. It was later moved to

and renamed as Department of Local Infrastructure.

Organization

The department is run by officers of Nepal Engineering Service (Civil/General). Under the department, there are 370 technical officers running the department and its branch offices. There are 15 branch offices, namely: * Local Infrastructure Development Offices - 7 (

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, Lalitpur, Parbat, Rolpa and Rukum West)

References

{{Ministries & Departments of Nepal Transport in Nepal Government departments of Nepal Nepal Engineering Service

History

Organization

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