{"id":430018,"date":"2026-05-17T13:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=430018"},"modified":"2026-05-17T14:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:32:55","slug":"minister-khanal-stresses-long-term-planning-in-local-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/05\/17\/430018.html","title":{"rendered":"Minister Khanal stresses long-term planning in local governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/khanal-1024x698.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/khanal-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/khanal-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/khanal-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/khanal-220x150.jpg 220w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/khanal.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Kathmandu, May 17:<\/strong> Foreign Affairs Minister Shisir Khanal has urged local governments to prioritise long-term development planning over short-term political interests, saying municipalities must focus on sustainable progress for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a programme organised by Tokha Municipality to collect suggestions for its upcoming policies, programmes and budget, Minister Khanal said local bodies should avoid short-sighted approaches driven by immediate political gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLocal governments have the opportunity to work for the coming generation for the next 20 to 25 years. They should not adopt a shortsighted attitude,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khanal, also the lawmaker from Kathmandu Constituency No. 6, suggested that Tokha Municipality should consider developing well-managed settlements in its northern belt, noting that population density there remains lower compared to the southern areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also said the promotion of Tokha\u2019s traditional Saturday bazaar, which reflects indigenous Newari culture, could help boost tourism, while homestay-based tourism could create additional income opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, May 17: Foreign Affairs Minister Shisir Khanal has urged local governments to prioritise long-term development planning over short-term political interests, saying municipalities must focus on sustainable progress for future generations. Speaking at a programme organised by Tokha Municipality to collect suggestions for its upcoming policies, programmes and budget, Minister Khanal said local bodies should &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":427588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,6,4,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-430018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430020,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430018\/revisions\/430020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430018"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=430018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}