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Kathmandu Saturday December 15, 2001 Marga 30, 2058.
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PM pledges to strengthen KMC
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 14 - Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has
said that the government is ready to empower the only metropolis of the country if it
proceeds through formal channels.
He was addressing the Seventh Anniversary of the Kathmandu
Metropolitan City today.
"Bring some concrete proposals in the form of bill to
strengthen the metropolis soon. I am ready to table it in the Parliament."
Deuba said any local body cannot work full-heartedly until it
is given all the rights to decide and introduce development programmes in its territory.
"Kathmandu is developing but we have to admit that there
are lots of things to do. We can give rights to broaden the roads and take back encroached
land. But we will not allow KMC to do business," he said.
"The government will give the rights but it means
responsibility too," he said.
He remarked that Kathmandu is a rich city with a thousand
years old civilization and it should not be attacked by "barbarians".
Bamdev Gautam, the general-secretary of Communist Party of
Nepal (ML) said the mayor dreams a lot but only those who have dreams and vision can
develop the unmanaged metropolitan city.
He added that the High Level Commission,headed by Deuba
himself,suggested that the metropolis needs to be made a local government.
Mayor Keshav Sthapit said that KMC does not have the right to
mobilize its resources though the government has promised to give many things from
different forums.
He also briefed different development programmes carried out
by KMC on the occasion.
Deputy Mayor Bidur Mainali said the Capital needs a separate
Metropolis Act to deal with innumerable problems being faced by the metropolis.
Officers and technicians of the Kathmandu Valley Mapping
Programme also briefed about the on-going programmes to the political leaders present
there after the conclusion of the formal programme.
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