05/25/2026
Kathmandu, May 25: The government on Monday appointed Mukesh Dangol as the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
Dangol, a Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, had been serving as acting chief of CAAN since December last year following the suspension of then Director General Pradeep Adhikari.
Adhikari was suspended after the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a corruption case linked to alleged irregularities in the construction of the Nalinchok helipad in Bhaktapur.
The decision to appoint Dangol as the CAAN chief was taken at a Cabinet meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar, according to government spokesperson and Minister for Education and Sports Sasmit Pokharel.
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