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Nepal government fixes 744 local unites across the country

Review Nepal
  Kathmandu, Nepal      March 05 2017

 
Kathmandu, Nepal:  The government has on Sunday endorsed the report of the Local Level Restructuring Commission (LLRC) by adding 25 local units on the number that commission had recommended earlier.
 
The LLRC, formed to set the number and demarcation of local units under the federal system, had recommended the government to fix the numbers of local units at 719.
 
However, the cabinet meeting held on Sunday evening decided to form 744 local units in the country. 
 
The government has added 21 local units in the eight districts of Province 2, two local units in Kathmandu district and one each in Manang and Bajhang districts, said a source close to the office of the Prime Minister and council of Ministers.
 
The government had formed a taskforce under the leadership of Federal Affairs and Local Development Minister Hit raj Pandey to review the commission report after Madhes-based parties demanded more local units in the Terai districts.
 
The cabinet decision regarding the number of local units will come into effect officially once the decision publishes in the gazette.