All the 6 metropolitan cities are weak in terms of capital (development) expenditure. After 7 months of the current financial year, the average development expenditure of the metropolis is only 17.90 percent. The development expenditure of the metropolis is relatively less than the same period of the last financial year.

From last July to January, among the 6 metropolises, Birganj was seen to spend the most and Bharatpur was seen to spend the least. Birgunj has spent 32.62 percent of the allocated capital budget, while Bharatpur's expenditure is only 10.56 percent. Birgunj metropolis has spent 244.1 million rupees out of 748.3 million rupees allocated for capital. This year, Bharatpur, which allocated 3 billion 82 crore 48 lakh 80 thousand rupees for development, has been able to spend only 40 crore 39 lakh rupees. In the last fiscal year, between July and January, Birganj spent 34.31 percent and Bharatpur 17.91 percent. 

This year, Biratnagar has spent only 21.55 million 10 thousand rupees or 12.92 percent of the capital budget of 1 billion 66 million 83 million. While in the first seven months of the last financial year, Biratnagar's development expenditure was 34.10 percent. At that time, Biratnagar, which allocated 1.26 billion 1.8 million for development, had spent 43.9 million rupees in seven months.

Pokhara metropolis has spent only 19.04 percent of capital in the current financial year till January. Capital budget of the metropolis is 4 billion 291.7 million, but only 81.71 million 31 thousand  rupees have been spent. During the same period of last financial year, Pokhara's capital expenditure progress was 24.95 percent. Pokhara, which had allocated 3.866 billion rupees in the last financial year, spent 96.45 million rupees in seven months. 

Capital expenditure has been only 13.40 percent in Kathmandu and 18.88 percent in Lalitpur, the two metropolises of Rajdhani Valley. Kathmandu Metropolis has allocated 15.5 billion 75 million rupees for capital for the current financial year, but spent only 2.1 billion 1.8 million rupees in seven months. During the same period of last financial year, capital expenditure progress of Kathmandu was 14.11 percent. Lalitpur Metropolitan Municipality has spent 883.6 million rupees out of the capital budget of 4.67 billion 94 million rupees in seven months. This is only 18.88 percent of the allocated capital budget. Last year, Lalitpur spent 32.70 percent development in seven months. 

Although there are not many agencies for coordination, the work is done with small amounts, the confusion of public procurement laws is reduced, officials can make immediate decisions on their own and the scope of work is limited, but the capital expenditure of the metropolis is seen to be weak. Like the union government, the metropolis has a tendency to spend more towards the end of the year.

Renu Dahal, head of Bharatpur Metropolitan Municipality, says that the problem of capital expenditure not increasing until the second quarter of the financial year is an old one. In the first quarter, the plan is finalized and the cost estimate is prepared. The tender process takes place in the second quarter. The implementation and payment will be in the third quarter. Most of the plans in the red book have gone through the tender process and the agreement has been reached, she said, "The work has been done in the field. As soon as their payments start, progress will be seen in capital expenditure.' An official of Bharatpur metropolis said that more progress was seen due to the payment of multi-year contracts after June last year. According to him, the metropolis has set a target of reaching 85 percent of capital expenditure this year.

Dhanraj Acharya, the head of Pokhara, says that although the work has been completed, the capital expenditure has been reduced due to technical reasons. Farewell to 36 engineers in the current financial year  At the time of

ing, he said that the payment could not be made on time due to the delay in the technical evaluation of the scheme. "The work of small projects has been completed, but the payment has not been made due to the lack of budget titles," he said. Development expenses increase after payment.' 

Naveen Manandhar, the spokesperson of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, argued that although the expenses will be incurred every twelve months, the expenses are not visible because the payment has to be made at the end of the financial year. It doesn't mean that it only works in May and June. Bill reimbursement comes last," he said. "Our goal is to spend 100 percent of the budget. Last year we reached 54 percent. This year, we will reach above 60 percent.' 

The current expenditure of the Metropolitan Municipality is also not satisfactory. Among the 6 metropolises, Kathmandu has the lowest current expenditure, while Birgunj has the highest expenditure. In the seven months of this year, the current expenditure progress of Kathmandu metropolis is only 26.28 percent. While last year, during the same period, the metropolis spent 31 percent. This year, Kathmandu Metropolis has allocated 9.72 billion 3 million for current expenses, but only 2.555 million has been spent. 

Birgunj has spent 95.97 million rupees, i.e. 45.49 percent, out of 2.1 billion 10.95 million allocated for current expenses. In seven months of the last financial year, current expenditure of Birganj was 38.48 percent. Current expenditure progress of Pokhara metropolis is 40.33 percent this year. Out of the allocation of 3.22 billion 1.5 million, the metropolis has spent 1.29 billion 93 million rupees. In the last fiscal year, Pokhara's seven-month current expenditure progress was 40 percent. 

Biratnagar Metropolitan Municipality has spent 647.3 million rupees this year, which is 36.33 percent of the allocated amount. Current expenditure of Biratnagar metropolis was 44.31 percent in seven months of the last financial year. 

Current expenditure progress in Bharatpur metropolis is 39.77 percent. The metropolis has spent 1.878 billion rupees out of the allocation of 2.73 billion 52 million rupees. During the same period of the last financial year, Bharatpur's progress towards current expenditure was 39.46 percent. 

Lalitpur metropolis allocated 2 billion 78 million 89 million towards the current year. Of that, 87.7 million rupees or 31.44 percent has been spent in seven months. In the same period of the last financial year, Lalitpur had 44.34 percent current expenditure.

Economist Dilliraj Khanal says that the capital expenditure has not increased due to the lack of capacity building in aspects such as plan selection and budget allocation, similar to that of the federal government. "There is a problem of conflicts of interest as city chiefs and ward representatives belong to different parties," he said.

Former Auditor General Tankamani Sharma says that since there have been problems since the selection of the project, the capital expenditure is also low in the metropolis. There is a problem that the procurement process (contract) does not start on time even though the budget is allocated. It takes at least 3 months to complete a contract process, if it has to be canceled for some reason, it will take 6 months to sign another contract," he said. Capital expenditure has also been affected due to lack of chief administrative officer at many local levels or rapid transfer.' 

Former Acting Auditor General Sukdev Bhattarai Khatri said that there was no development expenditure at the beginning of the financial year due to delays in contracts, lack of coordination between public representatives and employees. "The budget will be implemented from July, but since the plan is not ready, the contract cannot be awarded on time," he said.

Even if the budget is brought in Asar, Khatri also said that there is a tendency to conclude contracts only after Dasaintihar, form consumer committees, monitor only at the time of payment and emphasize only Asar development. "There are technical aspects such as contract, inspection pass, design, cost estimation, completion of work, handover, etc., for that, the technical staff did not arrive on time," he said. He also pointed out that there is a problem of lack of coordination between the public representatives and employees of the metropolis. "If they belong to the same party, they work together, if they belong to different parties, they spend time saying this and that, and it costs less," he said. They try to do cartelizing in the contract.'