Congress backs Kathmandu mayor’s New Road sidewalk expansion bid

Road office, under the ministry led by UML, foiled Balendra Shah’s plan to widen footpaths in the business district.

Days after Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah joined the Nepali Congress in accusing CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli in a multi-billion-rupee failed land swap bid in Jhapa, lawmakers from the main opposition have backed Shah in his initiative to expand the sidewalks at New Road—something the UML opposes.