Nepalgunj, June 24: The Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City has today unveiled its policies, programmes and budget for the fiscal year 2026/27, focussing on promoting agriculture and tourism.
Mayor Prashanta Bista presented the policies, programme and the budget at the 19th municipal assembly of the sub-metropolitan city.
The deputy mayor’s position is vacant in the sub-metropolitan city. It is customary for the deputy-mayor to present the policies, programmes and the budget.
While presenting the policies and programmes, Mayor Bista stated that efforts would be made to establish a twin-city relationship with Ayodhya in India to promote religious tourism, covering historical and cultural areas including the famous Bageshwari Temple and the under-construction 108-feet-tall Hanuman statue.
He emphasised the conservation of local Kanti pond, Water Park, and Rani Pond in the sub-metropolitan area through policies and programmes, and mentioned that the improvement of Futaha Lake and the protection of Dhobi Ghat will be carried forward.
Bista highlighted ensuring the easy availability of irrigation, improved seeds and fertiliser, focusing on establishing organised vegetable and fruit marketing centres, and promoting commercial farming systems like floriculture, collective farming and lease farming to develop the agricultural sector as self-reliant and an attractive profession.
He mentioned that efforts are being continued to map the areas where landless Dalits, landless squatters and unplanned settlers live within the sub-metropolitan city. Mayor Bista added that the municipal education plan has been updated, local curricula and textbooks revised timely, and emphasis placed on school monitoring and supervision for educational governance to develop the sub-metropolitan city as an educational hub.
Apart from this, the policies, programmes, and budget have been formulated, focussing on industry, trade and business,
employment and poverty alleviation, health and nutrition, education, women, children and social inclusion, housing, building and settlement development, physical infrastructure and transport, electricity and energy, disaster management and climate change, good governance and service delivery, revenue and resource mobilisation.
On the occasion, Mayor Bista presented the estimates of income and expenditure (budget) of Rs 1 billion 766 million and 483 thousand for the fiscal year 2026/27. #nepal #rss
