Godawari Municipality Mayor Fined 35,000 Rupees for Damaging Public Property

Dhangadhi. Kailali's Godawari Municipality Mayor Virendra Bhatta, who caused an accident while driving a government vehicle after consuming alcohol, will have to pay 35,000 rupees in compensation to the Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City. The government vehicle, Supra 01001 Jha 601, driven by Mayor Bhatta last Saturday night, met with an accident at Geta on the Mohana Bridge-Attariya 6-lane road. The vehicle driven by the intoxicated mayor hit the railing on the side of the road. According to the secretariat of Dhangadhi Mayor Gopal Hamal, the estimate prepared by the technicians of the sub-metropolitan city states that 35,000 rupees will be spent to repair the railing. Mayor Bhatta is being fined the same amount. Although the sub-metropolitan city sent the city police to collect the amount, Mayor Bhatta himself has pledged to repair the railing. Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City has been recovering compensation from anyone who damages public property within the city limits. Earlier, the District Traffic Police Office, Kailali, had fined Mayor Bhatta 500 rupees for driving under the influence of alcohol and another 500 rupees for negligence, totaling 1,000 rupees, and released the vehicle. While Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City is decorating the 6-lane road with flowers and lights, locals have expressed dissatisfaction after the mayor of a neighboring municipality himself damaged the structure by driving under the influence. Bhagiram Rana, a local from Godawari-5, expressed his sorrow, saying that one mayor decorates the road and another breaks it. Mayor Bhatta's secretariat stated that an estimate has been received based on the damage and that repairs or compensation will be provided accordingly. Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City has been requesting everyone not to damage public property on the 6-lane road.