Kathmandu, September 29
The mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan City in Kaski district, Man Bahadur GC, has demanded that the metropolitan cities should be connected to the Ministry of Urban Development at the federal level. Currently, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration coordinates among all the local governments including the metropolitan cities.
In an interview with Onlinekhabar, GC says the federal government should have different strategies for the metropolitan cities and other local units; hence keeping the metropolises under the Urban Development Ministry would improve the performance of all local governments.
He demanded that the metropolitan cities be removed from the jurisdiction of the Local Government Operation Act and a new law be formulated to govern these bodies.
“A metropolitan city is the most distinguished among the local bodies. Its criteria are also distinguished and higher than other units,” he questions, “So how can a single law operate different bodies?”
