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'Garden
Of Green Vegetables' Turning Into Concrete Jungle: 30
Percent Farmland Lost To Residential Area In Madhyapur
Thimi Municipality, by Mahima Devkota (rn
01/01/2021)
Conservationists
are not so keen about Kamal Pokhari restoration
project : Kathmandu Metropolitan City is developing
the centuries-old pond as a recreation centre complete
with small artificial ponds at four corners and a
fountain at the centre, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp
28/12/2020)
The
fight for public space : From Morocco’s Jemaa el-Fna
to Nepal’s Tundikhel,people are raising their voices,
by Monalisa Maharjan (kp 27/12/2020)
Getting
Nepal’s urbanization right : Our local and provincial
governments desperately need to ensure better
infrastructure and public service delivery. And this
is where development partners come in, by Bhoj Raj
Poudel (ae 27/11/2020)
Rajbiraj
at risk: Misplanning Nepal’s oldest planned town,
by Anand Aditya and Tula Kant (ht 05/11/2020)
No
Vision for Kathmandu, by Kai Weise (ht 20/09/2020)
Urban
sprawls risk life and property in Valley : With city’s
residents unaware about proper use of land,
settlements have grown even in areas unfit for
construction of houses and roads, by Srizu
Bajracharya (kp 30/08/2020)
Social
Welfare Council’s plan to build convention centre in
Bhrikutimandap draws flak from conservationists:
Earlier in June, Kathmandu Metropolitan City had
proposed building a multi-purpose commercial hall in
the space, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/07/2020)
Social
Welfare Council refuses to allow Kathmandu
Metropolitan City to build mega hall in
Bhrikutimandap: The council has been using
Bhrikutimandap as exhibition and convention centres
and the property is its chief source of income, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/07/2020)
How
Nepal can make its cities smart: There are benefits of
moving towards smart cities even if it is partial and
applied only to selected services such as traffic and
parking, by Ambika P. Adhikari and Keshav
Bhattarai (rep 28/06/2020)
Kathmandu
plans to build hall at expense of open space in heart
of city: Urban Planners and heritage conservationists
criticise it and say such concrete structures should
not be built on the last remaining open spaces in the
city, by Anup Ojha (kp 19/06/2020)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City fails in its attempts to beautify
traffic islands with flower beds using aeroponic
technology: City had implemented the new technology on
the traffic islands located on New Road and in front
of the City Hall, spending Rs1.4 million donated by
Nabil Bank, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/03/2020)
Wide,
open spaces: The state of public land in Kathmandu,
by Samuel Chhetri (kp 27/02/2020)
Kathmandu:
A city in despair: The Kathmandu Valley Development
Authority is largely responsible for the haphazard
expansion of the roads by destroying settlements and
heritage sites, by Prashanta Khanal (kp
23/02/2020)
Lalitpur
Metropolitan City pilots metric street addressing
system: Under the system, houses are to be given
numbers, and streets names so that navigation becomes
easier, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/02/2020)
Space
and the city: Public open spaces are no longer the
central element of contemporary residential
neighbourhoods in the Kathmandu Valley, by Rajjan
Chitrakar (kp 20/01/2020)
City
officials to clear hoarding boards in a week: City
planners—sceptical of the metropolitan office’s new
announcement—say the new move is just a gimmick,
by Anup Ojha (kp 03/12/2019)
Aesthetic
Aspect Of Metropolis, by Prem Khatry (rn
27/11/2019)
Campaigners
gear up for demonstration to reclaim Tundikhel from
encroachers: Amid government apathy, one of Kathmandu
Valley’s largest open spaces is under threat from
multiple interest groups, by Anup Ojha (kp
08/11/2019), Thousands
expected to join 'Occupy Tundikhel' campaign today,
by Aditi Baral (rep 09/11/2019), Campaigners
launch ‘Occupy Tundikhel’, a movement to reclaim open
spaces from encroachers: An initiative of local
residents, environmentalists and heritage activists,
the campaign sees the presence of prominent figures
from politics to academics and civil society, by
Anup Ojha (kp 10/11/2019), Hundreds
join ‘Occupy Tundikhel’ campaign (ht 10/11/2019),
Free
the public space (rep 11/11/2019), Save
public spaces: Saving public spaces will mean
providing fresh air to the public every day and saving
lives in time of emergency (ht 12/11/2019), Heritage
conservationists plant Khari plant to make people
reflect upon Tundikhel’s glorious past: This is the
second week of the three-month-long ‘Occupy Tundikhel’
public campaign to reclaim open spaces from
encroachers, by Anup Ojha (kp 17/11/2019)
Tinkune
‘park’ becomes a new haven for drug users,
prostitution and hooligans: The grass-and-mud
embankments built to shield Xi Jinping from the
derelict state of the Tinkune grounds have allowed
illicit activities to flourish, police and locals say,
by Anup Ojha (kp 06/11/2019)
Nepal
is going urban: Federalism has not been able to stop
the major forces of urbanization and globalization,
by Srijana Koirala and Megha Raj Koirala (rep
05/11/2019)
Sustainable
urban development must include flood mitigation plans:
The floods are often too localised, but its effects in
an economic and political centre like Kathmandu can
have widespread consequences, by Madison Wrobley
(kp 04/11/2019)
Occupy
Tundikhel hopes to reclaim the public spaces that are
being encroached upon: Hemmed in on all sides,
Tundikhel, which was once nearly four kilometres long,
is a fraction of that size now, by Anup Ojha (kp
03/11/2019), Tundikhel
in its entirety should be open for public use: The
city's open spaces should be given back to the people
(kp 04/11/2019)
Development
of planned towns in the hills fails to gain momentum:
The government had a design to build such towns in 10
places nine years ago. Till date, it has little to
show for work, by Chandra Karki (kp 01/11/2019)
Making
Kathmandu livable: Climate-smart farming is the key,
by Toya Nath Joshi (ht 23/10/2019)
Trees
could save Kathmandu. But can Kathmandu save its
trees? As more trees and open spaces disappear in the
name of urbanisation in the Kathmandu Valley,
unwelcome—and unhealthy—changes are expected to arise,
by Marissa Taylor (kp 31/08/2019)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City to remove illegal hoarding boards
from next month: The metropolitan city says it is
launching the campaign targeting Visit Nepal 2020,
by Anup Ojha (kp 18/08/2019), Kathmandu
is plastered with hideous hoarding boards and the city
can't do anything about them: Kathmandu Metropolitan
City and Lalitpur Metropolitan City regularly launch
campaigns to remove billboards, but they never end up
executing them, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
20/08/2019), Billboard
jungle: Disorganised placement of outdoor ads has made
the city look ugly (kp 21/08/2019)
Cities
of the future: The final aim of a smart city should be
focused on uplifting the living standards of the
citizens living there (kp 13/08/2019)
Being
optimistic:: All of us living in the valley don’t
really have lofty expectations that would warrant the
sort of investment the KMC seems hell bent on. We
could simply do with better roads, services, and a
cleaner city, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 26/07/2019)
What
Kathmandu can be in 2049: This ambitious scenario is
premised upon a youthful political leadership coming
of age in future national and local elections, by
Keith Leslie (kp 25/07/2019)
Issues
On Smart Cities, by Harsha Man Maharjan (rn
06/07/2019)
A
park of our own: Why public spaces matter for a city’s
civic culture, by Shraddha Pokharel (kp
02/06/2019)
Save
the open space: As open spaces continue to shrink and
big houses are blossoming around, there is less chance
of surviving if an earthquake of a big magnitude hits
Kathmandu again, by Sandip Neupane (rep
26/05/2019)
Where
do the children play? The song could be set in
present-day Kathmandu—it would not look out of place,
by Sabin Ninglekhu Limbu (kp 01/05/2019)
Crowded
Kathmandu’s
few remaining open spaces are steadily encroached
upon: Khula Manch housed thousands after 2015
earthquake. Now, there is space barely for half a
dozen families, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/04/2019), Government
loses
large swathes of land to enchroachers: 66,000 square
metres of seven government offices encroached upon by
individuals for private housing and other purposes,
auditing body says, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
26/04/2019), After
public
outcry, authorities demolish illegal structures: But
people who had rented the sheds built at Khula Manch
paying hefty amounts of money say they have been
left in the lurch, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/04/2019)
Parks
and recreation: The government needs to pay serious
attention to the public parks and urban landscaping,
by Umed Pun (kp 24/03/2019)
Kathmandu
metropolis to review its faulty building code, by
Anup Ojha (kp 16/02/2019)
Four
years after renovation, Ratna Park is filthy once
again, by Alisha Sijapati (kp 11/01/2019)
Making
city livable: Public discourse a must, by Devendra
Nath Gongal (ht 13/11/2018)
Understanding
urban safety: The way cities are designed can prevent
or expand violence against women and men, by
Barsha Chitrakar (kp 04/11/2018)
Urban
development 2.0 : It’s high time city officials woke
up to smell the coffee, by Manish Pokharel and
Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 28/09/2018)
East
– West City: Nepal’s Tarai is turning into one endless
elongated metropolis, by Mukesh Pokhrel (nt
21/09/2018)
Creating
safe cities: Focus on open spaces, by Biranchi
Poudyal (ht 21/09/2018)
Haphazard
urbanisation: We have replicated the lack of planning,
squalor and chaos of Kathmandu all over Nepal, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 11/09/2018)
The
future is urban: Development has focused on rural
areas for decades; it is now time to go urban, by
Saurav Raj Pant (kp 19/08/2018)
First
things first: Basics like transportation system and
drainage needs to be fixed before we talk about smart
cities, by Dinesh Malla (kp 03/08/2018)
Sustainable
development: What are Valley’s priorities?, by
Kripendra Amatya (ht 01/08/2018)
Save
open spaces around the country (rep 30/07/2018)
Govt
plans to build 15 new cities in ‘high hills' (ht
25/07/2018)
Preserving
Hanuman Dhoka: Heritage activists file contempt cases
(kp 20/07/2018)
Parks,
not parking lots: Exemplary community effort to
restore open space gives hope for a greener Kathmandu,
by Duksangh Sherpa (nt 20/07/2018)
Smart
city initiatives: Nepal urgently needs a city
development strategy to solve urban housing problems,
by Keshav Bhattarai (kp 20/07/2018)
Urban
concerns in Kathmandu: The newly elected government
needs to pay attention to developing open spaces in
the city, by Sushila Ghimire (kp 17/07/2018)
Urbanisation
eats up fertile fields in Kailali, by Mohan
Budhayer (kp 18/07/2018)
The
city
of woe: Kathmandu is failing to ensure its citizens
access to food, housing, transportation, education,
health care, and other basic necessities, by Udaya
R. Wagle (rep 18/07/2018)
Smart
Cities: Daydream or Reality?, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 05/07/2018), Smart
City Operation: Challenges and Possibilities, by
Keshav Bhattarai (rn 09/07/2018)
Living
in an unjust city: Democracy is measured by the state
of the sidewalk, not the number of wide roads, by
Prashanta Khanal (kp 01/07/2018)
Various
bodies continue occupying Khula Manch space, by
Biken K. Dawadi (rep 01/07/2018)
DPR
for four smart cities in valley within next year
(ht 28/06/2018)
Quest
for smart cities: Learn from ancient towns, by
Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 15/06/2018)
An
endless quest: Kathmandu is an enigmatic Shangri-La
that holds different meanings for different people.
by Abhi Subedi (kp 10/06/2018)
Fading
dream of ‘smart cities’, by Devendra Basnet (rep
23/05/2018)
Lessons
from
Narayanghat: The cities that have received government
attention and funding have fared worse than cities
developed by entrepreneurs, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
22/05/2018)
Remaking
Kathmandu:
Dwindling water supplies, pollution and changing local
climate are all indicators that Kathmandu valley is
nearing its carrying capacity, by Taylor
Sienkievicz (rep 14/05/2018)
What
will become of Kathmandu?, by Sumana Shrestha (rep
06/05/2018)
Reinventing
Kathmandu:
Kathmandu is no more like Kathmandu that we saw back
then. The city is expanding but it lacks character,
quality, and, most of all, beauty, by Devendra
Nath Gogal (rep 11/04/2018)
Placemaking
in Valley: Redefining public places, by Niharika
Mathema (ht 02/04/2018)
KMC
to plant 3,000 trees in city (ht 28/03/2018)
Kathmandu
Metropolis set to slap Rs23m fine on View Tower
builder, by Anup Ojha (kp 21/03/2018)
Urban-planning
fiasco: Citizens of Kathmandu should pressurise planners
to preserve and create open spaces, by Prawash
Gautam (kp 25/02/2018)
Urbanisation
eats into Kanchanpur’s arable land, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 18/02/2018)
Kathmandu
lessons: Kathmandu’s downfall has many lessons to offer
in selection and planning of provincial capitals, by
Prawash Gautam (kp 11/02/2018)
Ministry
rues poor investment in urban infrastructure, housing
(ht 11/02/2018)
NUDS
proposes complete waste collection coverage for urban
areas (ht 22/01/2018)
Urban
awakening:
Most of the urban growth in Nepal is happening at the
cost of fertile farmlands. Cities are using peripheral
land for urban related purposes (ht 22/01/2018)
Govt
mulls urban development plan for 185 municipalities
(ht 09/01/2018), Urban
planning:
While sustainability should be the approach while
implementing the urban development plan, policy makers
must focus also on developing regenerative cities
(ht 10/01/2018)
KVDA
selects consultant for two satellite cities in valley
(ht 08/01/2018), Govt
set
to hire consultant for ‘smart city’ plan: The
authority has allotted 10,000 ropanis from Gundu to
Balkot, Changu Narayan areas in Bhaktapur for
developing ‘smart city', by Anup Ojha (kp
09/01/2018)
Building
Kathmandu:
Tens of thousands of labourers flock to Kathmandu from
all parts of Nepal and beyond, driven by opportunities
to earn, by Marty Logan (nt 05/01/2018)
Housing
becoming unaffordable for the urban poor, says report:
42 per cent households live in rental housing in urban
areas (kp 03/01/2018)
Replicating
chaos: The unplanned development of Kathmandu has been
replicated all over the country, by Sujeev Shakya
(kp 02/01/2018)
Detailed
project report of three mega cities soon (ht
01/01/2017)
Developing
Smart Cities, by Bakmukunda Regmi (rn 30/12/2017)
Save
Kathmandu: Time to invest in other cities, by
Vikash Raj Satyal (ht 28/12/2017)
Rural-to-urban
migration to remain high (ht 25/12/2017)
Pollution,
unplanned development making life difficult in city
(ht 18/12/2017)
Urbanisation
leading to loss of cropped area (ht 15/12/2017)
Managing
street
entrepreneurs: For assimilation of street vendors in
urban planning, spaces must be viewed as
multi-functional areas, by Biranchi Poudyal (kp
12/12/2017)
Planning
of open spaces in urban areas crucial (ht 11/12/2017)
Better
Kathmandu (rep 02/12/2017), Losing
our bearings: Kathmandu Valley is turning into a grotesque
concrete jungle with construction of more houses and
buildings, by Bidhyalaxmi Maharjan (rep 02/12/2017)
Smart
cities: Facts to consider, by Rajan Subedi (ht
27/11/2017)
Lesson
for
Nepal: What can Nepal learn from Chinese urbanization?
Planned urbanization was at the core of almost everything in
China, by Nick Maddock and Gloria Xiecun Li (rep
15/11/2017)
Metropolis
in decline: Once-grand Kathmandu has been ranked as the
fifth most polluted city in the world, by Kabi Adhikari
(kp 10/11/2017), Sounding
the alarm: Delhi’s smog is a warning for all countries and
cities in Asia where the pollution level is high,
by Shyam KC (kp 10/11/2017)
KMC
plans green islands in city (kp 05/11/2017)
‘Expedite
development of satellite cities' (ht 26/10/2017)
Plan
to
make Thamel walk-only zone receives positive response: The
move is aimed at controlling air and noise
pollution and to ensure safety of the pedestrians, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/10/2017)
Prisoners
of Kathmandu: The city has become a sponge that soaks in
cultures, individuals, parties and spiritual questions,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 15/10/2017)
New
city plans move forward (kp 13/10/2017)
Smart
cities: New generation, by Pradip Khatiwada (ht
11/10/2017)
The
right steps: Kathmandu requires a bold vision to achieve a
model of development where benefits are equitably
apportioned. by Madhab Mathema (kp 10/10/2017)
Right
of way: Just fifteen years ago, Kathmandu was a walkable
city. Today, it has passed the point of no return, by
Pranaya SJB Rana (kp 07/10/2017)
Govt
to soon select firms to prepare DPR of planned smart cities
(ht 07/10/2017)
Experts
stress need for safer reconstruction in urban areas (ht
21/09/2017)
Authorities
demolishing illegal structures (ht 03/09/2017)
KMC
to demolish Bagh Durbar to construct new office building
(ht 02/09/2017)
Call
for more open spaces in Kathmandu (ht 31/08/2017)
Nepal’s
smart city dream, by Keshav Bhattarai (rep 06/08/2017)
Think
twice, it’s not alright: Kathmandu is fast turning into a
city that cannot be walked. In the winters, it is dust
and smoke; in the summers, it is the rains. And when you
cannot walk a city, you cannot really know it, by
Pranaya SJB Rana (kp 05/08/2017)
Diminishing
public space: Not just Tundikhel, every inch of public space
that is at risk of disappearing deserves reinvention, by
Urmi Sengupta (kp 24/07/2017)
Uninhabitable
Kathmandu, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 22/07/2017)
Plan
unveiled
to make KMC a smart city (ht 15/07/2017)
Designing
a
city without designing buildings, by Bijaya K. Shrestha
(ht 15/07/2017)
SDG
11
: Cities for all; We should harness the transformational
power of urbanisation for sustainable development, by
Lajana Manandhar (kp 11/07/2017)
Parking
vehicles
in Capital not a walk in the park: Shrinking parking
areas in expanding city concern many, by Anup Ojha
(kp 02/07/2017)
Ratna
Park
collects Rs10m in entry fees (kp 30/06/2017)
Fragmentation
of
Tundikhel: Open spaces and fields are among the
irreplaceable needs of sprawling cities like Kathmandu,
by Shyam KC (kp 30/06/2017)
Govt
to
select consultants for smart city master plans: Bid
documents submitted by various cos interested in
preparing the master plan for smart cities are being
evaluated (kp 25/06/2017)
Urban
development:
Undue pressure, by Santosh Gautam ((ht 23/06/2017)
Landowners’
protest
halts Tinkune park construction (kp 11/06/2017)
Lungs
of
Kathmandu: Resources should be channelled towards
existing green spaces instead embarking on unfeasible
new projects, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 04/06/2017)
Elusive
decentralisation:
Instead of turning Kathmandu into a mega city, we
should develop cities elsewhere, by Prashanta
Khanal (kp 25/05/2017)
Govt
to
develop four satellite cities (ht 19/05/2017)
Affordable
housing
key to sustainable urban development (ht 18/05/2017)
Cabinet
endorses
govt plan of developing new town (kp 10/05/2017)
(Not
so)
Open Spaces, by Looza Mahaju (kp 22/04/2017)
Govt
sets
award for greenery promotion (ht 19/04/2017)
Satellite
cities:
Plan to build new town moves forward, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 15/04/2017)
KMC
to
construct park at Tinkune (kp 13/04/2017)
NUDS
lays
emphasis on physical planning aspect (ht
06/04/2017)
Kathmandu
third
most expensive city in SA (ht 28/03/2017)
Pace
of
urbanisation rapid in Nepal, says report (ht
26/03/2017)
Govt’s
urban
strategy aims to create desirable living conditions
(ht 15/03/2017)
Over
15 new cities in the pipeline, by Ram Hari Gajurel
(rep 07/03/2017)
No
land
for tree plantation campaign, says KMC (ht
06/03/2017)
Satellite
city
plan likely to be passed by March, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 23/02/2017)
NA
building
at Tundikhel attracts public criticism, by Anupm
Ojha (kp 10/02/2017)
Fate
of
Oriental II, Park View apts to be decided by mid-March,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 01/02/2017)
Ranipokhari
to
become recreation site (kp 25/01/2017)
Kathmandu
promenade:
The city was never daunting and had no magnanimity as
such, but it emerged from walking, by Abhi Subedi
(kp 22/01/2017)
Ministry
tells Valley municipalities to enforce building code,
by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 21/01/2017)
Digital
technology:
Data-driven urban development, by Pradip Khatiwada
(ht 18/01/2017)
Stick
to
code: Due to lack of adequate open spaces in the city
areas many died from crumbling buildings in the recent
earthquakes (ht 17/01/2017)
Kathmandu
to
be transformed into ‘smart city’ (ht 03/12/2016)
Relocation
of
squatters in Valley in limbo (ht 27/11/2016)
Kathmandu
view
tower: KMC to scrap contract with Jaleshwor, by
Anup Ojha (kp 19/11/2016)
KVDA
gets
UN aid to make Valley green (kp 10/11/2016)
Learn
From Delhi, by Shyam KC (kp 09/11/2016)
New
provisions
of house rental agreement enacted (ht 06/11/2016)
Dante’s
Inferno:
Crises brought about by rapid urbanisation can only be
managed through right application of technology,
by Bimal Pratap Shah and Shyan Kirat Rai (kp 30/10/2016)
Walls
are
closing in: With an environmental impact assessment
for the proposed 12-storey Kathmandu View Tower still
in waiting, locals are questioning if the development
project should have even come this far, by Dipesh
Khatiwada (kp 08/10/2016)
Pvt
sector
urged to maintain high quality in urban infrastructure
(ht 30/09/2016)
Far-west
municipalities
constantly failing to attain open defaecation free
status (ht 15/09/2016)
30
parks
built around 28-km Bagmati corridor (kp
12/09/2016)
Wide
open
spaces, by Smriti Basnet (nt 29/07/2016)
City
2.0:
There is a need to ‘re-think’ cities in order to make
urbanisation a positive and productive transformation,
by Manish Pokharel and Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 24/07/2016)
‘Road,
house
map criteria flouted’ (kp 18/07/2016)
Plight
Of Kathmandu, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 07/07/2016)
Space
and
the city: More open spaces need to be identified,
protected and conserved not only in Kathmandu but also
in other cities, by Jitendra Bohara (kp
05/07/2016)
KMC
comes
up with ‘one ward, one park’ plan, by Anup Ojha
(kp 03/07/2016)
What
of
green fields? Not shielding open spaces from urban
encroachment has deprived children of all-round
development, by Shyam KC (kp 01/07/2016)
Haphazard
urbanization hits paddy production, by Santosh
Pokhrel (rep 29/06/2016)
Govt
fails
to relocate squatters in Valley, by Pramod Kumar
Tandan (ht 24/06/2016)
Mega
cities
planned for all 7 provinces, by Anil Giri (kp
21/06/2016)
Space
and
the city: Managing urbanisation does not seem to be a
concern in the country; While the government is
converting villages into municipalities at a
rapid pace, it also needs to look at
strong governance structures in these
municipalities, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 21/06/2016)
Govt
starts
work on ‘Satellite City’ (kp 17/06/2016)
Municipalities
in
name only, by Raju Adhikari (rep 14/06/2016)
Jhapa
losing
fertile farmland to rampant urban development, by
Parbat Portel (kp 04/06/2016)
Six
new
parks to be constructed in Kathmandu (rep
26/05/2016)
Better
Upbringing, by Shyam KC (rn 03/05/2016)
Chaotic
Kathmandu:
It was Rip Van Winkle-level of shock to learn that
there are 20 municipalities in the valley, by
Hemant Arjyal (rep 26/04/2016)
A
city divided: Last year’s earthquake—that forced most
Kathmandu’s residents to live in tents and makeshift
tarp shelters—has not helped the city empathise with
the deplorable conditions of its squatter communities,
by Alisha Sijapati (kp 16/04/2016)
Street
smart:
Planned cities in the mid-hills should not repeat the
mistakes of car-centric Kathmandu, by Dristy
Shrestha (kp 14/04/2016)
KMC
plans
to phase out slaughterhouses in Valley: Authorities
propose importing packaged meat to deal with the problem
of slaughterhouse wastes, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
11/04/2016)
Making
it
through the storm: Sustainable urbanisation is essential
to protect cities against future natural disasters,
by Shova Kumari Yadav and Ajaya Dixit (kp 28/03/2016)
Urban
development
Determinants and devices, by Girish P. Pant (ht
21/03/2016)
Digitisation
of
building blueprints underway (kp 17/03/2016)
Construction
of
Kathmandu View Tower to commence today, by Gaurav
Thapa (kp 13/03/2016)
Building
better
cities: There is still a looming possibility that if
building codes continue to be ignored, as they have been
in the past due to both corruption and laxness,
Kathmandu will not fare well in the next big one, by
Sophia L. Pandey (kp 13/03/2016)
Kathmandu
dreams:
In 2030, many of Kathmandu's five million-plus residents
will live in residential zones on the outskirts of the
old Ring Road; Kathmandu will have transformed into an
energy-plus city, by Ujwal Thapa and Raj Maharjan
(rep 08/03/2016)
Life
in
metro: Problems define life in the metro; Water
shortage, fuel crisis, inflation and black-marketing
suffocate us, by Durga Gautam (rep 29/02/2016)
MoFALD
preparing
plan for urban areas (ht 22/02/2016)
KMC,
DoR
resume demolition drive (kp 21/02/2016)
Redesigning
our
cities: Newar cities offer important insights in the
context of climate change mitigation and sustainability,
by Dristy Shrestha (kp 21/02/2016)
Dev
coordination
in Capital remains idle, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
11/02/2016)
Urban
regeneration
in core city areas: KMC offers integrated zero-cost
accommodations to residents of old, shaken
neighbourhoods, by Gaurav Thapa (kp 03/02/2016)
Metropolis
to
chalk out environment mgmt policy and action plan
(kp 17/01/2016)
A
journey into Thamel: There has been a growing interest
in Thamel, its past and its mystery, by Abhi Subedi
(kp 10/01/2016)
City
planners
mull greater metropolis: The efforts are in line with
administrative structures of big metropolises around the
world like New York City and London, by Gaurav Thapa
(kp 08/01/2016), Valley
municipal
chiefs agree on forming a single mega city: Municipal
chiefs bring out a 10-point ‘Godavari Declaration 2015’,
urging political, legal and legislative provisions for
restructuring different administrative units, by
Gaurav Thapa (kp 10/01/2016), Valley
to
be developed as metro city soon (ht 13/01/2016)
Real
state
sector: KVDA okays more than 200 projects, by Gaurav
Thapa (kp 13/12/2015)
KMC
launches
online tool for efficiency, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
07/12/2015)
Renovated
Ratna
Park receives 106,734 visitors in four months (kp
01/11/2015), Valley’s
Ratna
Park to have child, disabled-friendly toilets (kp
03/11/2015)
Symposium
on
urban safety begins (ht 30/10/2015)
Balaju
park
wears a deserted look, by Anup Ojha (kp 23/09/2015)
Govt
declares
26 new municipalities, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
19/09/2015)
Illegal
settlement
sprawl risks up: Mainly attributed to lack of post-quake
urban planning, by Thomas Bogaty (ht 15/09/2015)
KMC
forms
technical committee to study ground coverage, floor area
ratio (ht 08/09/2015)
Art
and
the city: Demolition of traditional structures in
Kathmandu in the name of urban planning will be
tantamount to cultural suicide, by Devendra Nath
Gongal (kp 02/09/2015)
City
And
Security Concerns, by Prem Khatry (rn 25/08/2015)
A
blueprint for the heart of the city: The denizens of
Ason and the surrounding areas want to rebuild their
locality with the help of the KMC. The plan calls for
replacing older standalone houses with integrated
housing blocks, by Gaurav Thapa (kp 22/08/2015)
Kathmandu
among
cities where liveability has improved the most (ht
19/08/2015)
‘Conserve
open
spaces’ (kp 16/08/2015)
Shangri-La:
If
society’s ethics are not aligned with the deep
constraints of our planet, it will eventually find
itself in an irreversible environmental change that is
hostile to our species, by Bimal Pratap Shah (kp
16/08/2015)
Space
and
the city: The re-opened Ratna Park should serve as an
example for existing parks (kp 11/08/2015)
Lalitpur
parks
to upgrade greenery (kp 09/08/2015)
Valley
greenery
excites residents, by Anup Ojha (kp 07/08/2015)
Rs
10
million allotted for urban regeneration, by Thomas
Bogaty (ht 04/08/2015)
KMC
seeks
help from public to revive greenery in the Valley,
by Thomas Bogaty (ht 03/08/2015)
Big
cities:
Urban development requires combined efforts of
government and residents (kp 28/07/2015)
Unplanned
growth
harming urban evnironment: Govt (kp 21/07/2015)
KMC
dumps
budget for rooftop farming (ht 20/07/2015)
Experts
stress
better urban planning to develop liveable cities (ht
19/07/2015)
Govt
has
plans galore for develpment of capital (ht
18/07/2015)
Way
to
planned urbanisation, by Sujata Awale (ht
18/07/2015)
KMC
to
develop three parks as revenue source, by Anup Ojha
(kp 18/07/2015)
KMC
to
create more open spaces in Kathmandu (ht 16/07/2015)
Encroachment
on
Bagmati continues: 4,000 structures built from Gokarna
to Chobhar (ht 12/07/2015)
Green
Kathmandu
project: Delay in road reconstruction hampers KMC
campaign, by Thomas Bogaty (ht 10/07/2015)
Ratna
Park
re-opens after renovation, by Anup Ojha (kp
01/07/2015)
Livable
cities:
High-rises can accomodate large numbers of people per
acre but they undermine livability and destroy social
fabric of cities, by Prashanta Khanal (rep
22/06/2016)
KMC
mulling
over urban regeneration targeting core areas of city,
by Thomas Bogaty (kp 16/06/2015)
Lesson
of
the earthquake: Remodelling Kathmandu, by Megharaj
Adhikari (kp 28/05/2015), Space
to
breathe: Great Quake must change the way we plan and
develop our cities (kp 29/05/2015), Demolishing
Kathmandu
to rebuild it: Nepal lacks proper technology, equipment
and technicians for large scale demolition of
earthquake-damaged infrastructure, by Sahina
Shrestha (nt 29/05/2015)
Our
primary
focus will be on public safety: KVDA (ht 27/05/2015)
Cities
of
the future: The earthquake is an opportunity for the
govt to transform devastated cities into smart ones,
by Chang-Hak Choi and Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 17/05/2015)
Creation
of
new municipalities: Challenges for sustainability,
by Suman Kumar Karna (ht 30/04/2015)
Challenges
aplenty
in Nepal’s urbanization, by Kishore Thapa (rep
24/04/2015)
Control
The
Chaos, by Shyam K.C. (rn 21/04/2015)
Entrepreneurs
in
Pokhara Lakeside constructing tall buildings illegally,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 20/04/2015)
Ratna
Park
opening delayed by two weeks (kp 16/04/2015)
Visual
pollution:
Kathmandu and Lalitpur’s billboards are a public safety
threat; they need regular inspection, by Sophia K.
Tamot (kp 07/04/2015)
Dispute
over
compensation delays Tinkune park project, by Anup
Ojha (kp 01/04/2015), Tinkune
Green
Park construction in limbo (ht 24/04/2015)
Rural
municipalities, by Kai Weise (ht 28/03/2015)
Metropolis
all
set to start rooftop garden training (ht 22/03/2015)
Park
turns
into hangout place for drunks, drug users, by Anup
Ojha (kp 20/03/2015)
Thamel,
Durbarmarg
to open 24 hrs soon (kp 17/03/2015)
Kathmandu
faces
faecal sludge mgmt challenge (kp 17/03/2015)
20-year
plan
sought for Valley (ht 07/03/2015)
A
concrete chaos, by Zahra Sen (kp 21/02/2015)
Valley
authorities
plan new parks, open spaces (kp 12/02/2015)
KVDA
to
Finish 11km corridor by next year (kp 10/02/2015)
Bright
lights,
big cities: Nepal urgently needs an urban development
strategy that will steer urbanisation away from good
quality agricultural land, by Keshav Bhattarai (kp
10/02/2015)
City
beautification
projects: Valley authorities unable to look after
newly-planted trees (kp 05/02/2015)
Ratna
Park
getting ready to welcome visitors from March (ht
05/02/2015)
2,806
new
houses built in 18 months, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
05/02/2015)
Sandikharka
declares
moratorium on plotting, by Birendra KC (kp
05/02/2015)
Perks
of
parks: For a fertile valley surrounded by forested
hills, Kathmandu suffers from absence of green space,
by Aashis Raj Joshi (rep 31/01/2015), Longing
for
green: Historical records show many urban dwellers
preserve heritage and historic remains to make city
architecture and landscape close to nature, by
Keshav Bhattarai (rep 02/02/2015)
Cities
without
addresses: The marked absence of street addresses in
Kathmandu points to a persistence of traditional
dwellings, by Gérard Toffin (kp 26/01/2015)
Housing
development
takes over paddy fields: Fertile fields along the main
highway and auxiliary roads in Morang, sunsari and Jhapa
can be seen left uncultivated for residential
development, by Binod Bhandari (kp 24/01/2015)
Municipality
withoutproper
infrastructure: Locals say they are yet to see
development (ht 18/01/2015)
Experts
warn
against unplanned urbanization, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 17/01/2015)
Old
infrastructures
pose challenge to 'new Birgunj', by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 15/01/2015)
Managing
urbanization:
Urban location is assumed to be an engine for economic
growth and possibly the only development mantra for
poverty alleviation, by Keshav Bhattarai (rep
12/01/2015)
My
city
of ruins: I don’t feel the same about this city
anymore, by Pranaya Shamsher JB Rana (kp
10/01/2015)
City
beautification:
Govt delay to release funds affects work, say
authorities (kp 08/01/2015)
KMC
plans
fee to enter Ratnapark (kp 26/12/2014)
KMC
to
landscape Ranipokhari (kp 21/12/2014)
Fund
crunch
hits Kamalpokhari renovation (kp 03/12/2014)
Can
capital
maintain its spick-and-span look? City appears
squeaky-clean, but denizens wonder whether this will
remain so even after Summit (ht 27/11/2014), Summit
goes,
and so do the plants? (kp 29/11/2014), KMC
to
deploy teams to catch ‘rowdy pedestrians’: Says
maintaining cleanliness, greenery its top priority
(kp 30/11/2014)
Bhaktapur
authorities
fail to pull down illegal buildings (kp
23/11/2014)
The
beautification
charade: Unless the public demands development that is
more than cosmetic fixes, superficial work, like that
for the Saarc Summit, will continue, by Manish
Gyawali (kp 23/11/2014)
Ratna
Park
renovation in full swing Once completed, KMC will
charge Rs 10 per person as entrance fee (ht
23/11/2014)
Cleaning
up
Janakpur: Officials need to clean up their act, not
just tidy up the town for the Modi visit, by David
Seddon (nt 21/11/2014)
Making
the
city green: How to approach it, by Pragyan
Bhattarai (ht 14/11/2014)
Time
For
Eco-Friendly Cities, by Reagan Bhandari (rn
07/11/2014)
On
the
sidelines: Efforts to beautify Kathmandu should
continue beyond the SAARC Summit (kp 07/11/2014)
Lawmakers
against
haphazard housing (kp 07/11/2014), Haphazard
urbanisation
in Valley concerns House sub-committee (ht
07/11/2014)
KMC
Keeping
cattle off the streets (kp 31/10/2014)
Park
along
Bagmati river corridor (kp 21/10/2014), Not
so
green Valley: City officials must fight negligence to
ensure the longevity of urban parks (kp
22/10/2014), Urban
palimpsests:
Conservationist measures have had little effect on the
chaos that prevails in Kathmandu Valley today, by
Gérard Toffin (kp 22/10/2014)
City
beautification
drive picks up pace, by Samik Kharel (kp
14/10/2014), City
Hall
facelift for 18th Saarc Summit ‘almost complete’
(kp 14/10/2014), Maitighar
decked
up for SAARC (kp 16/10/2014)
NRNA
to
invest in Bagmati corridor park construction: NRNA
President Sesh Ghale says the associationis keen to
work with govt to build similar parks (kp
11/10/2014)
Offering
low-cost
housing to urban poor, by Binod Ghimire (kp
07/10/2014)
City
to
get more parks, traffic islands (kp 16/09/2014)
‘Ktm
Walks’
to promote walking, cycling (ht 11/09/2014)
Govt
plans
social spots in city, by Nirmala Adhikari (kp
09/09/2014)
House
panel
to study bases of municipalities (kp 08/09/2014),
House
panel
tells govt to identify areas for urban development
(rep 08/09/2014)
KMC
resumes
drive to remove hoarding boards (kp 07/09/2014)
KVDA
to
invite bids for city beautification (kp
05/09/2014)
Transforming
cityscape:
Armed with green-ways, public parks and solar-powered
street lights, authorities plan to change Kathmandu
for good, by Samik Kharel (kp 26/08/2014), Kathmandu
needs
immediate infra overhaul, interview with Yogeshwar
Krishna Parajuli (kp 26/08/2014
Heart
of
the city: Over the years, Tundikhel has shrunk
rapidly, even as Kathmandu is in want of more open
spaces, by Shyam K.C. (kp 22/08/2014)
Dhobikhola
corridor
section gets railings, pavements (kp 20/08/2014)
Urban
nightmare:
City centers across Nepal are replicating the chaos,
mayhem and unplanned development of Kathmandu, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 19/08/2014)
As
urbanisation
gains pace, ‘Greater Birgunj’ mulled, by Bhushan
Yadav (kp 17/08/2014)
Lack
of
fund impedes plan to beautify metro, by Samik
Kharel (kp 11/08/2014), City
calls:
Kathmandu needs a face-lift for itself, not only
because foreigners are visiting (kp 13/08/2014)
Shelter
for
all: We need a mechanism to control further squatting
and to maintain supply of housing for all urban poor,
by Raja Ram Chatkuli (rep 06/08/2014)
Tree
plantation
for a clean, green capital (kt 27/07/2014)
The
costs
of life in the capital, by Roshani Dhamala (rep
18/07/2014)
Sick
city:
There is a need to remodel Kathmandu into tourist spot,
by Sharad Shrestha (rep 17/07/2014)
Jungles
out
there: Town development in Nepal (rep16/07/2014)
Pokhara
to
be metropolis in 20 years (ht 14/07/2014)
Urban
chaos:
the threat to the health and well-being of residents
from unplanned urbanisation has become very real, by
Chandra Mani Bimoli (kp 06/07/2014)
Authorities
at
work to redefine cityscape, by Samik Kharel (kp
02/07/2014)
Concerns
growing
over haphazard urbanisation of Kathmandu Valley (ht
21/06/2014), Haphazard
urbanisation
engulfs the valley, by Sujata Awale (ht 28/06/2014)
Proposition
to
develop Capital into ‘smart city’ (kp 17/06/2014)
KMC
to
develop infrastructure in Kathmandu for SAARC Summit
(ht 12/06/2014), Elusive
Park
at Tinkune (rep 12/06/2014)
Narayanchaur,
Kamalpokhari
to undergo major redevelopment (kp 11/06/2014)
KMC
to
host exhibition for rooftop garden promotion (kp
25/05/2014)
Govt’s
plan
to establish 10 new towns in limbo (ht 24/05/2014)
Govt
plans
to give Dhobikhola stretch a major facelift (kp
23/05/2014)
Dharan
to
be transformed into eco-friendly town, by Rohit Rai
(rep 21/04/2014)
Haphazard
urbanization
risks showdown between industries and residents: Locals
have taken to the streets many times demanding solution
to the constantly rising air and noise pollution, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 17/04/2014)
A
walk in the city, by Roshani Dhamala (rep
04/04/2014)
Until
the
dust settles: Driving schools are making the most of
Tinkune triangle’s unresolved legal battle, by Weena
Pun (kp 08/02/2014)
Urban
greenery
losing pace: There is a need for implementation of
land-use planning and strategies for the retention of a
set percentage of green and open space in cities, by
Pragati Shahi (kp 04/02/2014), Turning
grey
places into green spaces: Small trees to be planted
along footpaths in Lainchaur and Lazimpat-Maharajgunj,
by Samik Kharel (kp 04/02/2014), Missing
green:
Maintaining greenery in the city is as important as
planting new trees (kp 05/02/2014)
Valley’s
air
quality degrading (kp 09/01/2014), Urbanisation
affecting
public health: Experts ring alarm bells as air pollution
gets worse in Kathmandu Valley (ht 09/01/2014)
Green
is
the colour: Urban forestry must be promoted
simultaneously with the ongoing road widening, by
Rahul Karki and Rajesh Bista (kp 08/01/2014)
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