Kathmandu, Nov. 16 -- Even after four years of the Supreme Court announcing its verdict, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City's record in freeing the Capital from hoarding boards and other forms of visual pollution remains questionable.

Visual pollution is a term used to describe something that blocks the natural view of a particular place or thing, interfering with the aesthetic beauty of a specific site, landscape, or city.

Responding to a writ petition, the Apex Court in 2015, had issued an interim order against the various government agencies including Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), to remove all the unwanted hoarding boards, posters and pamphlets from different parts of the city.

However, four years into the decision, the KMC has f...