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Civic body vows to fight fraud and corruption
Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) on Saturday vowed to fight corruption and financial embezzlement to herald good governance and transparency in all its official transactions.Post Report
Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) on Saturday vowed to fight corruption and financial embezzlement to herald good governance and transparency in all its official transactions.
The KMC pledged this while announcing its programmes for the current fiscal year at its third Municipal Council Meeting (MCM) held on Saturday.
The civic body plans to reward honest officials who excel and punish those who fail to do their assigned duties satisfactorily. It plans to ensure this by installing Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in its 32 ward offices to monitor all work. The planners endeavour to make the KMC a model city through new economic and financial policies. They plan transparent use of the civic body’s resources.
It plans to increase its revenue this year by taxing small and large private businesses. To this end, it plans Kathmandu Smart Tax Payer Card,’ to maintain digital records of taxpayers.
KMC plans to develop Kathmandu into a smart city with land pooling under its urban development policy. As part of urban transport policy, it would encourage residents to use public transport and reduce use of private vehicles in the city.
It plans to set up ‘Vehicle Cleaning Centres’ at various entry points in the valley. People entering the valley will mandatorily have to wash their vehicles.
The KMC will build at least one recreational centre for senior citizens in every ward as part of its Social Development and Co-operative policy.
It will promote public libraries, education management, health, heritage, culture and tourism, communications and information, environment, natural calamities management, international relation, building code and urban planning policies.
KMC Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya presented the policies under 16 different categories in the presence of Deputy Mayor Hari Prabha Khadgi, Chief Administrative Officer Yadav Prasad Koirala, 32 ward chairs and five nominated members including other officials.