KATHMANDU: Madhav Kumar Nepal-led coalition government has failed to achieve some of the major targets set under its priority programme within its first 100 days. Management of the people’s representatives in the local bodies, declaration of 41 new municipalities, formation of a promotion board for disadvantaged and backward communities, national Muslim commission, formulating policy to involve private sector for garbage management, and infrastructure development were among the five major targets set to be achieved by the Ministry of Local Development (MoLD) within 100 days. “Nothing significant has happened within the said period,” said Bhim Prasad Dhungana, general secretary of the Village Development Committee Federation of Nepal. “The government could not even ensure local governance by appointing people’s representatives in this period, despite its commitment,” Dhungana said. The post of the elected representatives remain vacant since seven years, he said. “There are more than 1,100 VDC secretaries’ posts lying vacant and people are deprived of local service delivery,” he said. “The government is merely talking about state restructuring while overshadowing the election of representatives,” he added. Amidst such a chaos, Dhungana said, the UCPN-Maoist started forming a parallel government. Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, spokesman for the MoLD, however, said that everything was moving in positive direction. However, Thapaliya refuted this claim and said the government was unable to declare the 41 new municipalities recommended by a technical team a decade ago. The formation of a promotion board for the disadvantaged and backward communities also suffered a set-back, he added. Thapaliya said the government could not even approve the proposal for formation of a high-level garbage management committee by involving private sector, let alone other major programmes and projects. On infrastructure development, Thapaliya said, the only positive thing worth mentioning was allocation of budget for the VDCs. Dhungana, meanwhile, informed that the Ministry of Peace and State Restructuring has recently decided to rehabilitate 250 police posts displaced during the 10-year insurgency. “It has also planned to rebuild all the infrastructure damaged by the Maoist,” he said, adding, “If these also do not materialise, this government would be hardly any different from those in the past.” Minister for Local Development Purna Kumar Sherma Limbu could not be contacted for comments despite several attempts.