Kathmandu Metropolitan Education Department Head Koirala suspended

Kathmandu- Sitaram Koirala, head of the education department of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, has been suspended for a week for violating the jurisdiction of the mayor.

Mayor Balendra Shah suspended him for a week after Koirala himself made the decision that should be made by the education committee of the metropolis, informed Naveen Manandhar, spokesperson of the metropolis.

The meeting of the Education Committee is chaired by the Mayor. However, it is said that Koirala himself decided to give permission to teach science faculty in classes 11 and 12 for Ratnarajya High School in Mid baneshwar.

The school has started science faculty in class 11 from this year. Ramashish Yadav, principal of the school, said that currently 30 students are enrolled in class 11 in this faculty.

Prohibition of vehicle parking in New Road area: Free parking arrangement at Kathmandu View Tower

Kathmandu: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has banned the parking of vehicles on the roads around the New Road area from today.

Senior Superintendent of Police Rajunath Pandey, the head of the Metropolitan Police Force, has informed that the metropolis has prohibited parking on the black paved roads around Dharmapath, Juddha Salik to Indrachowk, Khichapokhari, Mahabouddha, Veer Hospital, with effect from Tuesday.

According to Pandey, the metropolis has arranged for free parking at the Kathmandu View Tower (formerly the old bus park) and 300 four-wheelers and 700 two-wheelers can be parked there.

The metropolis has also said that special cleaning will be done around the streets of New Road area, where parking is prohibited from Tuesday, to facilitate traffic.

Earlier, the metropolis has implemented ban on vehicle parking in various areas including Durbar Marg and Jhonche.

Vehicle entry prohibited in Hanumandhoka premises

July 4,Kathmandu – Kathmandu Metropolitan City has banned the entry of vehicles into Hanumandhoka premises. The metropolis has taken this decision to preserve the originality of the heritage.

Emphasizing on the need to protect the old heritage of the city, Mayor Balendra Shah has said that we can proudly show these heritages and their ancient originality to the world.

Mentioning that thousands of tourists come to Basantpur area every day, he said that there is a possibility of millions of tourists coming in the future and that the originality, beauty and atmosphere of the premises should be calm, clean and pleasant and that driving of vehicles is prohibited in Hanumandhoka premises.

Kathmandu metropolis will install barbed wire on the government land of Lalitaniwas area

July 3, Kathmandu-The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has decided to put a fence on about 143 ropani land in the Lalita Niwas area and remove the temporary or unauthorized structures built on the land.

As it is the responsibility of the metropolis to protect the government property, the metropolis has prepared to put a fence on the government land in Lalitaniwas area, said Rajunath Pandey, the city police chief.

Under the leadership of Rajunath Pandey, the city police reached the area and ordered the removal of the old temporary structures built on the government land as it was found that people had built shelters in some places. The metropolis has said that the map details have been requested from the Surveyors and Lands Office to determine the government and private land and that they will protect the government land by putting up a fence to separate the government and private land and that no building or any structure will be allowed to be built on that land.

The metropolis has given a 24-hour verbal ultimatum to remove temporary or unauthorized structures built on government land.

15-days ultimatum of Kathmandu metropolis to manage wires hanging on poles

April 24, Kathmandu – The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has given a 15-days deadline to the service providers to remove the unnecessary and useless wires hanging from the poles.

The city head-level decision of the metropolis has set a time to remove unnecessary and unused wires and manage them by tagging the wires that are in use. Metropolis had also sent a letter to the telephone, cable, and internet service provider offices and associations, Nepal Telecom, Ncell, Nepal Electricity Authority, and Cable Broadcasters Association regarding the matter.

Facilitation and coordination have been requested with service providers, regulatory and coordinating offices and associations, Telecommunication Authority, Kathmandu Valley Police Office which operates CCTV cameras and communication system, Department of Information and Broadcasting which allows television operation, Internet Service Provider Association Nepal (ISPAN) in the work of removing wires.

If the wires are not removed within the specified period, the metropolis will form a working group and start the work of removing the unnecessary wire, and if the beneficiary is inconvenienced by this, the service provider should take the responsibility.

The metropolis has said that a team will be formed under the leadership of the City Police Superintendent, consisting of representatives from Nepal Telecommunication Authority, Nepal Police, Ncell, Internet Service Provider Association of Nepal, and the monitoring of the work of wire removal will be coordinated by the deputy chief of the metropolis, and representatives of relevant offices and organizations .

Following the SC order Kathmandu Metropolis picked up the waste from the Singha Durbar

April 24-Kathmandu – After the order of the Supreme Court, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has started to collect the garbage piled up in Singha Darbar.

While hearing the petition filed by advocate Padam Bahadur Shrestha, the bench of Judge Prakashmansingh Raut directed the Kathmandu Metropolitan City to remove the garbage from the Singha Darbar within three days.

Balendra Shah, the Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City earlier instructed the concerned authority of waste management not to collect the waste from Singha Durbar, saying that the federal government did not support and coordinate with the metropolitan city in the work of development and construction.

Writ filed in SC against Mayor Balen Shah for not removing the waste from Singha Durbar

April 17, Kathmandu- A writ has been registered in the Supreme Court against Mayor Balen Shah of Kathmandu Metropolitan City for not removing the garbage of Singha Durbar and Sheetal Niwas.

Advocate Padam Shrestha filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Monday, making Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah (Balen) an opponent.

In the writ filed in the Supreme Court, it has been mentioned that ‘According to Article 30 of the Constitution of Nepal, every citizen has the right to live in a clean and healthy environment. As the matter is of public concern application has been requested according to Article 30, 4 of the Garbage Management Act, 2068, and according to Section 3, 4, Section 15 of the Environment Protection Act 2076.

It is also requested in the petition to maintain a clean environment in accordance with Sections 3 and 4 of the Garbage Management Act, 2068 as the office of Kathmandu Metropolitan City is a local body.

Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Shah ordered not to collect garbage in the area inside Singhdarbar, the President’s office Sheetal Niwas and the Prime Minister’s residence, saying that the Federal Government did not cooperate in the work of Kathmandu Metropolis.

Kathmandu Metropolis instructs to remove unauthorized structures from the river banks

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has instructed to remove the unauthorized structures built in the river bank, and river flow area within seven days.

The metropolis published a notice and instructed all the stakeholders who are illegally occupying the public areas of river flow, river drainage, and river corridor to remove the structures.

The metropolis has mentioned in the notification that the structures that have not been removed despite being informed several times will be removed according to the prevailing law and the expenses incurred during removal will also be collected from the relevant parties.

Ranipokhari is open to public

Kathmandu, March 24: Kathmandu Metropolitan City has opened Ranipokhari for the public for the first time after reconstruction.

After the reconstruction, Ranipokhari has been opened to the general public and now the general public can visit Ranipokhari without a ticket, said Naveen Manandhar, spokesperson of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

After being damaged in the earthquake of 2072 BS, Ranipokhari was closed for a long time and became ugly due to weeds and lack of maintenance. However, now it has been reconstructed and given an original look.

Conflict between the Land Commission and Kathmandu Metropolis over the issue of homeless people

The conflict between the National Land Commission and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City regarding the problem of homeless people in Kathmandu has started to surface.

After the National Land Commission issued a notice on Friday instructing the landless and homeless not to be removed from any location, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City countered the Commission and issued another notice.

Kathmandu Metropolitan has said that the Local Government Operation Act, 2074 assigns responsibility to the local level to maintain and protect government, community and public property within its geographical area and As this office is responsible for the protection of government, public and community property within the Kathmandu Metropolitan City area, any association, organization, body, group, person or any other person who harms, damages, destroys or encroaches on such property by any means or process, action will be taken according to the law.

Ultimatum of the Kathmandu metropolis to pass the map of houses and walls

Kathmandu Metropolitan City has issued a notice to submit and approve/regulate the walls of buildings and houses of individuals, organizations, institutes and government agencies built without passing the map.

In the notification issued by the metropolis, the individuals, organizations, institutes and government agencies that have been constructed according to the prevailing building construction standards, but the map has not been passed, have been called upon to submit the map of the building and approve/regulate it within 90 days. If the map is not passed within the specified time, details of such buildings will be collected and action will be taken according to the Local Government Operation Act 2074 and prevailing standards, procedures and decisions of the metropolis.

Similarly, it has been called upon to submit a map and approve/regulate the walls of the houses built in accordance with the prevailing building construction standards within 35 days. The metropolis has also called to remove the walls built against the standards within 35 days. It is also said that if the map of the walls built in accordance with the standards is not passed within the specified date and if the walls built against the standards are not removed, the city itself will mobilize a team to remove such walls and the expenses incurred in removing them will be charged from the respective house owners.

Kathmandu Metropolis started to remove shops from underground parking

Kathmandu Metropolitan City has started removing shops from the underground parking.

A team including the mayor of the metropolis, Balendra Shah, reached the Baneshwor Complex and removed the shops from the underground parking.

35 days ago, the metropolis issued a public notice and said that the structure will be removed if it is not used according to the purpose for which it was created on the map. Suraj Shakya, head of the building department, said that while building a structure of 10,000 square feet, basement parking is mandatory on the map. Shakya said that the Kathmandu Metropolitan City passes the map of more than 100 buildings that are more than 10,000 square feet every year. Basement parking is required to be made in those structures. But the basement is being used for other purposes.

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It has been stated that the Metropolitan city will regularly monitor such structures and remove the shops from the basement, which supposed to be the underground parking.

Garbage dumping in Bancharedanda won’t be allowed from August 17

The local residents of Sisdol and Bancharedanda have announced that they will not allow garbage to be thrown in Sisdol and Bancharedanda from August 17.

The local residents of Sisdol and Bancharedanda said that the garbage from Kathmandu Valley will not be allowed to be dumped in Sisdol and Bancharedanda from August 17, saying that the agreement made with the locals of Sisdol and Bancharedanda has not been implemented.

The local residents of Sisdol and Bancharedanda organized a press conference at Kathmandu today and said that the government and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City have not taken any steps to implement the agreement.