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Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah on Monday made it clear that he had to decide not to collect waste from Singha Durbar due to non-implementation of the agreements reached with the ministers and lawmakers at different times. Mayor Shah this morning gave 14 reasons through social media that why he instructed the concerned department to stop collecting waste from the premises of Singha Durbar. “A few days ago, I was forced to make a decision to stop collecting waste from Singha Durbar. It was not a random decision. It was the result of negligence, irresponsibility and carelessness of the central government,” he said. He was of the opinion that the Singha Durbar, a complex that houses the country's major administrative offices, was not serious on coordinating with the local governments to resolve the issues of the general public. “Singha Dubar lies in the Kathmandu Metropolis. Singha Durbar is just around 500 meters away from the office of metropolis. In spite of this, the metropolis has to exercise a lot to meet the ministers and lawmakers in Singha Durbar. The government is not serious about coordinating with the local governments on the issues of the general public’s livelihood,” Mayor Shah said. He expressed his expectation that the local problems be solved at the local level. Mayor Shah said that the central government has not accepted the existence of the local government. Earlier on Saturday, Mayor Shah had directed to stop collecting waste from Singha Durbar. He had said that instead the leaders should be dumped in the Bancharedanda landfill site to make the country clean.

The Kathmandu District Court has ordered the police to produce a doctor who was involved in the medical examinations of a minor allegedly raped by cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane before the court. A single bench of judge Shankar Raj Baral on Sunday gave a verdict in this regard. The order seeks the police to present three people including the doctor who actually carried out medical examinations on the girl before the court for recording their statements, according to Court's information officer Deepak Dahal. The court said that the doctor, who was involved in the medical examinations of the girl after she registered a police case against Lamichhane for rape, was on leave and the statement of another doctor was recorded in place of the actual doctor. Lamichhance faces the charge of raping the 17-year-old girl. She filed the case against him on September 6 at the Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala. The Patan High Court on January 12 ordered his release on bail.  

The Ministry of Health and Population has urged one and all to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in view of the increasing Covid-19 infection. The Ministry has asked all to take the anti-COVID-19 shots as the infection is increasing daily. Joint spokesperson of the Ministry Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari has called on all to take the first, second and booster dose vaccines considering the increase in the infection cases over the last some days. The number of infection cases that had dropped to nil is now increasing daily. Sixty-four cases were detected on Saturday alone and the total number of infections is 356 at present. In the Kathmandu Valley alone, 15 persons were receiving treatment in isolation, eight in ICU and five in ventilators. Big hospitals in the Valley including in Kathmandu are providing booster dose vaccines at present. Anjana Khadka, Information Officer at the Health Office, Kathmandu, said the booster dose is being given at the Bir Hospital, TU Teaching Hospital, the Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, the Civil Service Hospital, Armed Police Force Hospital and Nepal Police Hospital. Similarly, the local governments of Kathmandu are providing the vaccination service at various places as per the need. A genetic study carried out some days back had detected the presence of a new variant of the Coronavirus, Omicron XBB.1.16, for the first time in Nepal. The Ministry has also urged one and all to stay in isolation and go for COVID test immediately after developing any symptoms of the infection.  

A helicopter belonging to Heli Everest crashed in Dhaulagiri of Myagdi district on Sunday. The chopper, which had lost contact with the air traffic controller since this morning, crashed near Dhaulagiri Base Camp. Tribhuvan International Airport spokesperson Teknath Sitaula said that the incident occurred at 11 am while the helicopter was heading towards Dhaulagiri Base Camp from Italian Base Camp. He said that pilot Priya Adhikari survived the incident. It has been said that she has sustained minor injuries. Another helicopter is heading towards the incident site to carry out a rescue operation. Earlier on Saturday, a helicopter of Air Dynasty met with an accident at the helipad of HAMS Hospital.