Kathmandu, Sept 29 : Shankharapur municipality located in the north-east of the federal capital, Kathmandu, has come up with a programme to provide free health and education.
At a programme
organized to unveil 100-day achievements of the elected people's
representatives, Shankharapur mayor Ramesh Napit said a process was already
taken ahead to keep municipal area waste-free, neat and clean
"We are
effortful to achieve prosperity through tourism and agriculture and ease
livelihood of the municipal residents by building development
infrastructures", he shared.
As per our
commitment in the earlier local election, we have engaged our efforts to make
education and health sector cost free, he noted.
With the
assistance of German government, a process was put forward for the construction
of a hospital at ward-7, Kathanchowk, it was shared.
Likewise, the
municipality has taken ahead a process to procure ambulance with the financial
assistance of development partners.
On the occasion,
municipality's spokesperson Radhakrishna Shrestha informed that ground work for
free health and education was done for the people.
Among other
achievements obtained in the reporting period were free ambulance service for
pregnant women and senior citizens, arrangement of seven free health services
after signing bilateral agreement with Sankhu-based Sushma Koirala Memorial
Hospital and 30-60 percent concession in 11 health services, Shrestha added.