Balen has challenges galore as he takes over as Kathmandu mayor

Non-partisan Shah has to navigate the officialdom and a host of party representatives who constitute municipal assembly and executive body that make and enforce decisions.

When the Kathmandu Metropolitan City got its mayor in 2017, first in 20 years, there were high hopes that the city, also the federal capital, would see a complete makeover. But five years down the line, the mess immediate past mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya has left is for everyone to see.