POKHARA, July 31: The mayors of the metropolitan cities in the country have said that a separate law should be issued by the federal parliament for the municipalities. They made the remarks at the two-day Mayors’ Conference held in Pokhara. Issuing a 6-point declaration titled 'Metro Meet Nepal', the mayors concluded that a separate law is needed for the operation of the metropolises. In the conference, they stated that the existing federal law should be amended and a new law should be formulated.
POKHARA: Mayors of different municipalities across the country joined hands to plant 11 species of Laligurans or Rhododendron saplings in the Shiv Mandir View Tower complex located in Sarangkot, a tourist destination of Pokhara. The leaders of the metropolitan cities of the country were in Pokhara for the ‘Mayor’s Conference-2079’. The planting of saplings of […]
Kathmandu, June 2 The government has set aside a budget of Rs 10.31 billion for the six metropolitan cities of the country for the fiscal year 2022-23. Out of the six, Pokhara will receive the biggest amount while Biratnagar will receive the least. The budget for Kathmandu, Pokhara and Bharatpur has increased while Birgunj, Biratnagar […]
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KATHMANDU, May 17: The members of ruling alliance –Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN-UML, Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha Party – had forged an electoral alliance in the recently held local level elections in 753 local units across the country.
Despite the electoral alliance, the ruling alliance seems weak in two out of six metropolitan cities in the country. The candidates of the alliance are currently leading the vote count in Birgunj, Biratnagar, Lalitpur and Pokhara metropolis while Renu Dahal of CPN (MC) and CPN-UML are strongly competing in the race for the mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
Likewise, Balen Shah, an independent mayoral candidate for Kathmandu metropolis, is currently leading the vote count with a huge margin leaving Keshav Sthapit of CPN-UML and Srijana Singh of Nepali Congress far behind.
Meanwhile, the ruling alliance seems strong in other metropolises so far.
KATHMANDU: The CPN-Unified Socialist (CPN-US) has finalized the candidates for the metropolitan and sub-metropolitan cities. As per the seat-sharing understanding among the five-party coalition, the CPN-US can field mayoral candidate in Pokhara Metropolitan City and deputy mayoral candidate in Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Likewise, the seat of Hetauda sub-metropolis mayor and seats of deputy mayors in […]
Local levels including metropolitan cities across the country unveiled the budget for the fiscal year 2021/22 on Thursday. Pokhara Metropolitan City presented a budget of Rs. 6.277 billion while Biratnagar Metropolitan City presented Rs. 4.1 billion.
