Kathmandu, January 25
The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development says as many as 46 local governments across the country have changed either their names, or headquarters or both.
The Local Government Operation Act grants the right to change names and headquarters to the local governments, but the Ministry at the federal level has to endorse the changes.
Total 23 local units have changed their names and 37 have changed their headquarters.
Most of the names have been changed on the basis of their ethnic and cultural identity as well as names of rivers, mountains and other natural resources.
Most of the units to change names and headquarters are in mountainous and hilly regions.
