National Assembly on Tuesday passed the ‘Acid and other Hazardous Chemical Substances (Regulation) law to regulate acid and hazardous chemical substances

Kathmandu: Nepal’s National Assembly on Tuesday passed the ‘Acid and other Hazardous Chemical Substances (Regulation) Bill’.

Responding to queries raised while discussing the bill, Minister Balkrishna Khand explained that the law has been brought to regulate acid and hazardous chemical substances as the problem has surfaced due to its misuse though acid and other hazardous chemical substances are necessary for industrial and health sector.

He opined that the passage of the bill will put to an end the misuse of acid and other hazardous chemical substances because the sale of acid would be controlled and necessary action would be taken against those misusing it.