The most beautiful aspect of Butwal sub-metropolitan city is the public participation development program. There is also public participation in social programs. There are many such practices in Butwal, which are in partnership. Our old tradition also depends on partnership. The partnership of road and physical infrastructure construction has been done by the policy of 60 and 40.
People's participation in the development of physical infrastructure is high. Now, the participation is about to drop to zero when the province tenders for work above five lakhs . This time, there is a situation where the practice of tender process should be abandoned rather than the practice of participation.
We haven't paid attention to the little things . We have about 7000 Kaligarhs of West Bengal, India, who make gold and silver jewellery. We also trained in gold and silver jewellery. Got 100% employment.
Butwal is a place of commercial importance. It has developed as a commercial center since ancient times. Since 2026, the East-West and North-South highways have developed as a hub for business and transportation. Then developed as an industrial area . Being an area of transportation, industry and commercial importance . Now there has been a leap in education and health. There are 99 thousand students. In the case of government schools, they have been established as model schools across the country. We have the pressure and pressure of students to accommodate double the number of students . Therefore, Butwal has a proud position about education. Last year, 26 percent of the total budget was allocated to education.
We have started nursing or pharmacy studies from last year . Butwal has prioritized education and health. The development of education and health in Butwal is not only for Butwal, but for all regions of the country. Not only us, everyone connected with our geography has believed in education and health . The state and federal government also have equal support in this.
A city is an economically vibrant area . If it is not economically viable, it will not remain as a city . When we were elected, we had some problems, complicated problems. We have managed the Jyotinagar landslide, a big challenge for Butwal. 371 houses and campuses were in a state of displacement. We worked for that . But unfortunately there was no support from the state government.
roads are like pipelines. If you enter the road from Siddhababa, there is no management anywhere from parking to business center until Sunauli comes. Now, from the widening of the highway to Butwal, arrangements have been made to accommodate 60 stalls for parking vehicles and pedestrians.
Property tax, house restoration tax, commercial tax we have not been able to collect . The people are disappointed by not getting the red parts . Big revenue that should come from there has to be lost . The federal, state and local governments should discuss on the same platform and move forward. It is important to practice problem solving methods based on needs. We have practiced something different from others . We have built a transport system on a PPP model. We have built auto village on PPP model for transport, auto businessmen.
We have built an agricultural market for farmers. Now the bus park has also started . 1 lakh 95 thousand population appears in our data . But the population of Butwal is one and a half lakh in one ward. 7 lakh population is . There is a problem of those who come from the mountains but do not migrate and do not register. In terms of
infrastructure, Butwal has established a different capacity and content than some of the other metropolitan cities. We are ahead in terms of physical infrastructure, development of human resources and basic principles. We have managed the budget for all sectors and categories.
City means prosperity . Many bases must be added for prosperity. We are looking for a way to protect the wallet through how to return the old market. The night market is being operated for the new city management .
Now both city chiefs of Dang are lucky . Dang, the capital city of the province, came to Butwal. The businessmen had opened the hotel with great hopes, but a disappointment has struck Butwal residents from the capital city of the state.
Tomorrow's future expansion of the tourist area is a trip from Butwal to Muktinath. We have tried to find a way to prosperity through religious tourism journey by leading the journey from Korla Pass to Lumbini.
(Thoughts expressed by Pandey, Chief of Butwal Sub-Metropolis in the second session of the interactive program on 'The Strength of Lumbini', 'Upgrading of Sub-Metropolis')
