Government declared 72 new municipalities in Nepal. With this, the total number of municipalities have increased to 130 from earlier total of 58. This inclusion has reduced the number of VDCs to 3633 from 3916. Now the total percent of urban population in Nepal stays at 42% ( The Kantipur daily)
However, the decision for declaring 3 new municipalities ( 1 in Kathmandu 2 in Lalitpur districts) within Kathmandu valley remains pending due to VDCs boundaries issues. But, they are also expected to get declared very soon.