Crusher industries: A deep-rooted nexus
Unbridled extraction of sand, gravel, and boulders from the river beds in Dhading with the involvement of local representatives is...
Local representatives swindle funds meant for flood victims
The government allocated 50 million rupees for the victims of the flooding that devastated Jadaha Rural Municipality of Morang district...
Fund for lawmakers scheme infringes on Constitution
By allocating development budget to lawmakers, the provincial government has not only stepped into the jurisdiction of local bodies, it...
School merger at behest of people’s representatives
Since the handover of school education charge to the local government, people’s representatives, who are political party cadres, have started...
Exemplary work of two ward chairmen in Bajura
Gaumul Rural Municipality in Bajura has shown that visible progress in society is possible if the local level is actively...
Fraud in foreign jobs: Agents swindle two billion rupees in two years
Remittance is the backbone of Nepal’s economy, but the foreign employment sector has committed billions of rupees in fraud and...
Destruction in the name of development
The rampant use of dozers has caused loss of land and damage to trees affecting the ecological balance in Bajhang...
Local representatives, contractors, join hands to exploit rivers
Strongly backed by local representatives, contractors have applied their monopoly to exploit rivers of Dang district.-Devendra Basnet : Centre for...
Mess on landlord-tenant dispute
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City and local bodies is caught up in a quagmire when it comes to addressing disputes between...
सांसदलाई विकास बजेट, मिचियो संविधान
सांसदलाई विकास बजेट दिएर प्रदेश सरकारले स्थानीय तहको अधिकार मात्रै खोसेको छैन, उसले संविधानको उल्लंघन पनि गरेको छ ।-कृष्ण आचार्य...
Disgusting examples of urban development
The Dhobikhola Corridor in Kathmandu is 'being constructed' for the last 16 years. The construction of the Chabahil-Jorpati-Sankhu road is...
Height of irresponsibility
Most community schools in the Terai do not conduct exams, answer papers are not marked if tests are held, and...
One third of the country has no banking services
Among the 753 local federal units of the country, nearly 300 still have no banks. People’s representatives and civil servants...
Stray cattle: Trouble for local government
Local governments in Kailali and Khanchanpur spend Rs 20 million in total annually on stray cattle management as people abandon...
Mania for road overshadows crucial priorities
Most local governments pour their funds on road, depriving education, health and other social development of precious resources.Rudra Pangeni :...
Local government: Justice delivery more complicated
Police send victims to the local level and local councils back to the police. This lack of responsibility makes it...
Role of people’s representatives in Phewa’s destruction
As long as people’s representatives open road tracks around Phewa Lake and sediments to the south of Phewa Lake by...
Wanton disregard for law by local govt officials
The elected local officials who had allocated budget in their party’s stronghold have halted projects in areas dominated by opposition....