बालेनले गर्न सकेनन घोसणापत्रका यी १० काम || Balen Shah works in Kathmandu

Balendra Shah popularly known as Balen Shah or simply Balen, is a Nepalese rapper, structural engineer, and politician. He is currently serving as the 15th mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, the capital city of Nepal. Kathmandu city after Balen Shah has changed a lot.

Balen has been a popular figure in Nepalese hip-hop since the early 2010s. Shah announced his candidacy as an independent and was elected at the 2022 local election, defeating Nepali Congress candidate Sirjana Singh and CPN (UML) candidate Keshav Sthapit. He is the first independent candidate to be elected as the mayor of Kathmandu municipality.

The Kathmandu Municipal Government, led by Shah, has faced criticism from organizations like Human Rights Watch due to allegations of employing unethical use of force against unorganized street vendors. His policies have also led to the emergence of small-scale protests by groups such as Chameli within Kathmandu, triggered by the circulation of videos showing Municipal Police chasing and confiscating vendors' properties for organizing business without proper permits. Critics of these measures argue that since nearly half of the country's economy relies on informal businesses, such actions adversely impact the standard of living of the urban poor without offering viable alternative solutions.

As one of the first moves upon taking office, Shah introduced live telecasts of municipal council meetings, marking the first time such a practice was implemented in the city. We can say Balen is the Nepali serial working mayor. The management of solid waste in Kathmandu faced challenges even before the mayoral election due to protests from residents living near the landfill, who expressed concerns about its impact on public health. Balen, the newly elected mayor, made promises to address this issue permanently during his campaign. After assuming office, he visited the dumping site, Sisdol, to listen to the grievances of the locals. Balen Shah made it clear that no election victory celebrations would take place until the waste problem was permanently resolved. He also encouraged the public to segregate degradable and non-degradable waste to facilitate better waste management. But Balen Shah could not do these ten things from his manifesto and this is the Balen Shah news today.

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