Author: Himalaya Post

Nuwakot – Traffic along the Nuwakot-Rasuwa way on the Pasang Lhamu highway has been obstructed after the flooded Gerkhu river washed away a section of the road in Trishuli-Betrawati section. Flood water from the river washed away the road on both the sides of the bridge over the river this morning, bringing traffic between Nuwakot and Rasuwa to a standstill since this morning, the District Police Office has said. Efforts have begun to resume traffic by working on the damaged section of the road in collaboration with the Galchi-Trishuli-Mailung-Syafrubesi-Rasuwagadhi road project, police...

Kathmandu – At a time when the local level governments have been criticized heavily for imposing unnecessary taxes on their citizens, the Chandragiri municipality has stood aloof from the crowd. It has made free the major recommendations concerning social services provided by the municipality. Accordingly, recommendations for citizenship certificate, birth registration, marriage registration, migration, registration of divorce case, death registration, recommendation for scholarship, pension, and benefits for the quake survivors are all provided without any charge. The social service tax (recommendation tariff) has been made free for this financial year too from all the 15 ward offices of the municipality, according to Mayor Ghanashyam Giri. This was free last year too, and we have no policy to charge fee on such recommendations. As a result, the municipality residents are happy to be enjoying such service, while the municipality also sets an exemplary deed for other local government units to take note...