Kathmandu, Sept. 20 -- Thulibheri Municipality in Dolpa wants to utilise its forested area to collect revenue. But it can't do so as the federal government has yet to prepare a law to allow local governments to do that.

Local governments should prepare their own laws based on federal laws, according to the constitution. Management of forests and wildlife falls under the shared jurisdiction of federal, provincial and local governments.

"Without the federal government preparing its own law first, we can't prepare our own laws," said Mayor Ganesh Bahadur Shahi. "We can't collect revenue under the existing forest laws."

According to a study conducted by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, many local governments have...