BIRATNAGAR, August 14: The Biratnagar Metropolitan City has come up with the plan to establish a separate planning commission for the holistic development of the city.
For this, the metropolis organized a meeting of experts and related personalities and sought suggestions on temporary, mid-term and long-term plans. The attending experts suggested an increment in the city's income by bringing all under the tax net.
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The metropolis would work for the entire development of the city, said Mayor Nagesh Koirala. "The metropolis has come up with a plan to develop the city by making a development model. We are at work for this," he said.
In the preliminary phase, suggestions were being collected to make a periodic plan for the development project, he said. The metropolis would ease the delivery of service through the use of technology at maximum, said Deputy Mayor Shilpa Niraula Karki.
In the first phase, intellectuals and representatives from various social organizations took part in the meeting.
The meeting was participated by Prof Dr PK Jha, economist Dr Bhesh Prasad Dhamala, senior advocates Bharat Thapa and Binaya Raj Pandey, chief of the Mahendra Morang Campus Prof Dr Baburam Timsina, intellectual Dinesh Shrestha, chair of the Elite Club Bishwa Nath Rijal and general secretary Yagya Sharma, chair of the Birateshwor old age home Jagat Prasad Arjyal, chair of Birat Sahitya Sangam Madhu Pokharel, litterateur Ram Babu Dahal, chairperson of the ABC Nepal Bishnu Sharma, chairperson of the Public Forum Uttam Dhungel and youth activist Basanta Adhikari, among others.
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