Pokhara's Lekhnath Area Demands Re-establishment as Separate Municipality

Pokhara | After becoming a metropolitan city by incorporating Lekhnath in the past, leaders from the Lekhnath area have been complaining from time to time that Pokhara has neglected them. There have been instances where voices have been raised from public forums to separate Lekhnath.Now, that demand has intensified. A large interaction program was organized on Sunday with the demand to re-establish the former Lekhnath as a separate municipality. Political parties, industrialists, businessmen, social workers, and intellectuals among others have expressed solidarity for the re-establishment in the program.Participants in the program demanded that Lekhnath should be a separate municipality, stating...