DHARAN, Dec. 5 -- After assuming office on Wednesday, the new mayor of Dharan Sub-metropolitan City Tilak Rai has decided to carry out a study to review municipal taxes as per public demand.

A municipal assembly had earlier endorsed and implemented the Finance Act-2019 that imposed various taxes, which locals said were very high compared to other municipalities in the region.

A taskforce will be formed to reduce the tax rates, according to Mayor Rai, who had snatched away the NCP constituency in last week's by-election.

Prior to the mayoral elections, both the candidates of NC and the ruling NCP during their election campaign had pledged to revise the tax rates. But on Tuesday, shortly before Rai assumed the mayorship, the ruling NCP h...