Chief Minister of Province 1, Sherdhan Rai says municipalities should formulate plans based on scientific criteria

Morang, March 31: Chief Minister of Province 1, Sherdhan Rai, has said that municipalities should carry out activities by formulating a periodic plan based on scientific criteria.

Inaugurating the provincial seminar on ‘Municipal Finance and Capacity Development’ organized by Municipal Development Fund here today, Chief Minister Rai stressed that people should be clearly informed after reviewing the activities carried out in agro, tourism, industry, sports, social and economic sectors.

He expressed the view that resource management is fruitful for the sustainability of institutional economic growth and infrastructure development of the municipality. Saying building a new Nepal is the only one goal of federal, provincial, and local government, the Chief Minister shared that the provincial government would collaborate with municipalities for building a beautiful country in a planned manner.

He opined that the province 1 government has forwarded activities for ‘Broader Birat Area’ by incorporating 18 municipalities, adding that this would help develop for tourism, and sports sector.

Similarly, the Mayor of Biratnagar Metropolitan City, Bhim Parajuli, mentioned that the financial and technical support of the Fund for systematizing the urbanization is appraisable. Chairperson of Municipal Association of Nepal and mayor of Bhaktapur municipality, Ashok Kumar Byanju Shrestha, deputy-mayor of Damak Municipality, Geeta Adhikari, executive director of the Fund, Krishna Prasad Sapkota, also expressed their view.