Pokhara, Jan. 27 -- Pokhara Metropolitan City has decided to provide a monthly allowance to its elected people's representatives.

The sixth municipal council of the metropolis held last week decided to provide Rs 10,000 each to ward members and Rs 18,000 each to ward chairpersons.

Pokhara Mayor Man Bahadur GC had tabled a proposal of providing a monthly allowance to the people's representatives at the council's meeting on Wednesday.

The council's decision contravenes a Supreme Court order.

Last October, the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court had repealed the laws that provincial governments had enacted to provide salaries to elected representatives at the local level.

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