KATHMANDU, Nov. 30 -- A contempt of court charge was filed at the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday against the high authorities including Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya, accusing them of not abiding by a court order issued in relation to keeping intact the environment of the capital city by controlling visual pollution.

Advocate Padam Bahadur Shrestha filed the writ petition, accusing the government authorities of not abiding by the apex court order issued some four years ago.

Stating that the apex court on September 2, 2015 had directed the authorities to maintain the environment of the capital city by controlling visual pollution but the government authorities have been igno...