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.