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Govt proposes devolving paragliding and zipline regulation authority to local levels

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: The government has proposed to give the regulation of paragliding and zipline related services to the local level.
By Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: The government has proposed to give the regulation of paragliding and zipline related services to the local level.


In the draft of the bill prepared for the amendment of the Local Government Operation Act 2017, it has been proposed to assign the regulation and management of paragliding and zipline to the local level.


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The bill also proposes to allow local levels to declare tourist and cultural areas within their area only according to the criteria determined by the federal government. There is a provision in the Act that the local government can make such an announcement without any criteria if it wishes.


It is mentioned in the Act that the local level can now create, implement and regulate policies, legal standards related to cooperatives in a way that does not conflict with the laws of the federal and provincial governments.

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