Local level heads in all three districts of the Kathmandu Valley expressed confidence that the elections will be held on time under the leadership of Prime Minister Karki.
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Prime Minister Sushila Karki has held discussions with the mayors of the Kathmandu Valley. Prime Minister Karki held discussions with a delegation of the Kathmandu Valley Mayors Forum in Baluwatar on Monday evening.
The heads of local governments in all three districts of the valley expressed confidence that the elections would be held on time under the leadership of Prime Minister Karki. They said that they were ready to cooperate for that.
During the meeting, the local government heads also informed the Prime Minister about the problems they were facing. The mayors also urged Prime Minister Karki to solve the problem of waste management and resolve the dispute regarding the arrears of street lights.
Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mayor Chiribabu Maharjan informed that there were arrears even before he was elected and requested that the amount be cleared. Similarly, he demanded that the local government should pay 60 percent of the street light fee and the federal government should pay 40 percent.
Similarly, they urged the Prime Minister to address the security challenges that arose after the Gen-G movement and facilitate the operation of local level offices.
The mayor of Tokha Municipality urged the government to decide on compensation for the locals to widen the Tokha-Chhahare road. He suggested that the non-party government should make history by taking this decision since the party government cannot make such a decision.
The mayor of Budhanilkantha Municipality, Mitharam Adhikari, demanded that action be taken against those who were not associated with the Gen-G movement on Bhadra 24 for looting people's homes. He expressed concern that even though the municipality itself had arrested some people, they were starting to escape from the police and courts.
The mayor of Kirtipur demanded that the federal government grant permission to operate a bus park, hospital and administrative building on the land of Tribhuvan University.
The mayor of Changunarayan Municipality said that the Sallaghari-Kamalbinayak-Nagarkot road has been under construction for a long time and that it should be completed soon.
Many people's representatives complained that the federal government's decision to cut budget plans worth less than Rs 30 million to maintain austerity has led to problems in carrying out development work.
Prime Minister Sushila Karki informed that she is currently focused on the election and urged for cooperation in that. Referring to the question that the government that came to hold the election should not do other work, she said, 'On the one hand, there is also a question that only hold the election and do nothing else. Now the election code of conduct will also be implemented. Nevertheless, let's see how much can be done on the problems you have put forward. Whatever problems there are, you and we must solve them together.'
Prime Minister Karki also said that the youth are disillusioned with the fact that they have been ruling alone for 30-35 years. She further said, 'Our minds cannot work according to their thinking. We must understand that the generation that grew up with technology is dissatisfied with us.'
