Nepal opens city council of Hetauda

Hetauda, Nov. 19 (RSS): General secretary of the CPN-UML and leader of the main opposition party Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that the municipalities should work with long term planning by mobilising local resources and people’s participation.

Inaugurating the fourth city council of Hetauda Municipality here today, Mr Nepal stressed the need to empower the municipality and make them creative and prosperous through amendment in the present law.

An all party governemnt including those which are not contesting elections should be formed during elections in order to strengthen the democratic system, he said adding that for this the constitution should be ammended.

MP Krishna Prasad Dahal, Birodh Khatiwada and Kedar Prasad Neupane also stressed the need to empower local governments.

Mayor Dormani Paudel presented a budget estimate of Rs. 47,462,157/ for fiscal year 2000/2001.

Various speakers including deputy mayor Hari Bahadur Mahat, DDC chairman of Makawanpur Rameshwor Rana, CDO Durga Prasad Pokharel, deputy mayor of Bharatpur Municipality Devi Gyawali, chairman of Makawanpur Chamber of Commerce Keshav Shrestha and Hira Lal Shrestha also expressed their views on the occasion.

Meanwhile, general secretary Nepal wrapped shawls around Dr. Gopal Raman Upreti, Dr. Ganesh Kumar Lama, Rajendra Khadgi, Bhola Joshi, Dol Kumari Paudel and chairman of Rup Chandra Memorial Trust Ram Narayan Bidari by way of honouring them for their remarkable contribution to the development of Makawanpur district.

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