Nepalgunj to be developed as best model city

NEPALGUNJ, May 9: The Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City has forwarded construction task by prioritizing significant projects of development with an objective of developing Nepalgunj as the best model city.

Mayor Dr. Dhawal Shumsher Rana said, “We have kept construction of road, sewerage and dumping site at most of the part of the area in the priority in the first phase.”

Saying many activities of development construction are underway, he said collaboration among people’s representatives, employees and locals for development activities is very friendly.

Construction works of modern bus park on 4.5 bighas of land at Nepalgunj-4 have reached to final stage as well as more than half-dozen of projects including the construction of a modern multipurpose seven-storey building on eight kaththas of land at Nepalgunj-2, construction of a building of women college at the premises of Mangal Prasad Secondary School at Nepalgunj-8, among others are on the top priority.

Around Rs 80 million budget has been allocated for the construction of women college, which is going to be established to increase access of girl students from Muslim, Madhesi and marginalized communities to education, said Mayor Rana.

The Sub-Metropolitan City is going to bring ‘Landfill site’, constructed at Hiraminiya keeping city’s garbage management and cleanliness at high priority, into operation by mid-May, where 30 tons of garbage could be managed every day. Mayor Rana said, “Support, coordination and collaboration of all town dwellers are necessary for development construction activities.” RSS