Kathmandu: The Government of Nepal is preparing to make an ‘Urban Development Council Act’ to curb increasing urbanization and pollution in the Kathmandu Valley. Director General of Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) Surya Bhakta Sangachhen told that the government has prepared draft bill to make new act.

He told that the act aims to relocate harmful industries outside the city, make urban environment clean and manage urbanization. “The government is going to make this kind of act after a long time. This act will make the valley clean and well-managed,” Sangachhen said. He told that the draft bill is being discussed in the ministerial cabinet and will be sent in the parliament within some days. He told that the act has taken goal to extend Kathmandu valley centred urbanization to other municipalities and arrange home for the urban poor.

Source: Naya Patrika; Rajdhani, December 4, 2008