Kathmandu, June 3: After the government slashed 24.5 billion rupees in grants to the municipalities in the new fiscal year’s budget presented last week, chiefs of the municipalities have been agitated and launched a sit-in protest in front of the Finance Ministry.
The municipality chiefs came to Kathmandu to launch a protest against the government’s decision.
The government has reduced the grant amount to the local municipalities due to a decline in its revenue.
Bhim Dhungana, chairman of the Municipalities Association, said that after the government slashed the grants to the municipalities, they were compelled to launch agitation.
People’s News Monitoring Service.
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