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

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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.

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

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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

Monitoring committee to facilitate waste management in Kathmandu

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A Facilitation and Monitoring Committee will be formed to facilitate the waste management of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

The meeting held under the coordination of Urban Development Minister Metmani Chaudhary decided to form the committee. Members of the House of Representatives from Kathmandu, Nuwakot and Dhading will be included in the committee.

While giving information about the formation of the committee, Nepali Congress leader Gagan Thapa said that the garbage in the valley has started to rise and everyone’s help is needed to prevent the problem from happening again.

He said that the Metropolitan city is continuously doing the work to be done in terms of waste management. He also said that the committee will coordinate and facilitate with the government and agencies at the same level to carry out the works according to the agreement on time.

Kathmandu Metropolis started to remove shops from underground parking

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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.

Balen’s swearing in in Nepali and Nepal Bhasha

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Newly elected Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Balendra Shah (Balen) has taken oath of office and secrecy. Chief Election Officer Raju Kumar Khatiwada administered the oath of office to Mayor Shah at the National Assembly.
After Shah took the oath in Nepali language, he also recited the oath in Nepal Bhasha.
After taking oath, Shah administered the oath of office to Deputy Mayor Sunita Dangol and elected ward chairpersons and members.
Shah also said that the he has decided to broadcast every meeting of metropolis live after taking oath.

Everyone’s support is needed to make Kathmandu a beautiful city: Balendra Shah

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Newly elected Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Balendra Shah has said that the voters of Kathmandu Metropolitan City are his family and everyone’s support is needed to make Kathmandu a beautiful city.

He made the remarks as soon as the Election Commission announced the final results.Shah’s supporters have staged a victory rally in kathmandu.

Balendra Shah, an independent candidate for the post of mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, got 61,767 votes while his nearest rival Nepali Congress candidate Sirjana Singh got 38,341 votes and CPN-UML candidate Keshav got 38,117 votes.