Sibling Rivalry Heralds Cultural Renaissance

Mayors of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) and Dharan Sub-Metropolis-- Balendra Shah and Harka Sampang Rai-- have been criticising each other's working style much to the chagrin of their well-wishers. In some instances, their attacks have gone even to personal level. When the waste management hit the capital city, Rai humiliated Shah: “If I had not been here in Kathmandu, the waste would not have been collected.”