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 Gr8 News -Soon, 9 Flyovers in Ktm

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Posted on 06-30-08 11:09 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Finally, crazy traffic of Kathmandu will get some relief when there will be nine new flyover bridges (Not like Overhead bridge for Pedestrians but for the vehicles).

When we come out of TIA Airport in Ktm, the first thing we could experience is the long flyover connecting up to Koteshowor and Gaushala...wow I cant just wait it to materialse.

Thanks China!
And thanks Gyanguru for sharing the news.

 
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Posted on 06-30-08 11:12 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Source
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=40159

 
Posted on 06-30-08 11:16 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Just like this :-)
Random Flyover Picture from Google




 
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China to build three in first phase
Nine flyovers on Ring Road

Kantipur Report

KATHMANDU, June 17 - China has agreed, in principle, to provide assistance for the construction of nine flyovers on the Ring Road and will take up construction of three flyovers in the first phase.

The flyovers will be built at Koteshwor, the airport, Gausala, Chabahil, Gongabu, Balaju, Jawalakhel, Kalanki and Maharajgunj.

The first-phase construction will begin at Koteshwor, Kalanki and Maharajgunj, according to an official at the Ministry of Finance.

The government has sent a formal request to the Chinese and is awaiting a reply.

The Chinese government had accepted Nepal's request for funding for the construction of flyovers under the Kathmandu Valley Road Improvement Project during the last Nepal-China Inter-governmental Meeting held in July 2007.

As per the preliminary understanding reached on the project, the Chinese government will extend both financial and technical assistance for the construction.

"Along with the construction of flyovers, the project will also increase the width of the Ring Road and construct

sidewalks" the source said.

Once the government receives the acceptance letter -- which is a foregone conclusion -- the Nepali side will prepare detailed reports for the project and forward them to the Chinese side.

The design and cost of the project will be known only after the detailed report is prepared.

China has already committed an annual assistance of 100 million RMB (about Rs 1 billion) to fund mutually agreed projects.

http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=150525





 
Posted on 06-30-08 11:38 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Are our roads wide enough to handle flyovers over them?Just wondering. I am curious to see how this works out - the ring road isn't very "increasable" in many places like Gaushala and Maharajgunj - two of the proposed sites but it might be in places like the Airport and Koteshwor.

Also, with the green belt now black and brown with people drying their clothes,parking their tractors and using it as an open toilet,  I wonder if this "width increase"  is a tacit acceptance that the green belt is never going to work and we might as well pave the whole damn thing so that we can glide our Marutis,Hero Hondas, micro-buses and tempos over them.

Just a thought.

:)

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Posted on 06-30-08 3:11 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Agreed with Cappie's view, but lets be optimistic.

 
Posted on 06-30-08 3:45 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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more concrete jungle......just what we need
 
Posted on 06-30-08 5:35 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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guys be positive and optimistic.
 
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Sure, but being optimistic doesn't mean loosing your sense of reason. I think it is perfectly legitimate, and quite "optimistic" - really,  to ask how viable a major public undertaking like this is and what the potential pitfalls might be. That's all I am trying to get at.

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Newa flyovers in Kathmandu

By Shiva Rijal

The Government of the People's Republic of China has promised to construct nine flyovers in different traffic zones of the Kathmandu metropolis in the near future. The news has made the 'critical' citizens here wonder about the look - - the contours and colors of such flyovers. It has also made us review the nature of the construction projects carried out by donor nations as part of the developmental support to Nepal. China has remained as one of the most important donor nations especially in the domain of constructing buildings for various purposes. The Birendra International Conventions Centre where the Constituent Assembly has been taking place is one important example of China's help to Nepal. Many modern buildings stand in Kathmandu as tokens of help by the donor nations to this country. Ironically, such buildings do not much evoke the architectural heritage of the Kathmandu Valley. Despite all the modern and functional features of such buildings designed to offer great help to this nation, I think, they negate some genuine things about the art and culture of the Valley. Like the palaces of the former Rana rulers and the Shah kings, buildings constructed by donor nations stand indifferent to the Newa architecture of the city.

Now questions arise, will the proposed flyovers evoke the heritage of art and architecture of the Kathmandu Valley or will they be like any other flyovers that one does come across in the metropolitan areas of China, for that matter, in any other metropolises in the world? I think it is the right time to draw the attention of the urban planners as well as the guardians of art and culture of the Valley and the Chinese minds that are going to be involved into this important project for the Kathmandu city. One may argue that the concerned Chinese designers have every right to construct the proposed flyovers with any formats and designs as they like. Why should the Chinese authorities, for that matter, any donor nations bother about the local architecture of the Valley, and who are we to impose them to do this or that since it is not our money that is involved into such projects? One may wonder why to bother about art and aesthetics in highways since they are used for commercial purposes not for any creative and cultural purposes? The problem starts from here.

Despite all that we argue that the proposed plan must address the heritage of Newar architecture of the Valley. My belief is that the heritage of traditional Newa architecture must remain the principal moot of every step of the urban planning either carried out by the locals or by the donor nations in the present as well as the future Kathmandu. This is a matter of great significance. In fact, Kathmandu's architectural heritage is in severe crisis. Some great efforts need to be made not only to rescue and renovate traditional buildings and temples but also, which I think is very important, to create something new out of the 'grammar and vocabularies' of the traditional Newa architectural aesthetics in contemporary times. It is high time that we defined traditional Newa performing arts in the new social, developmental and political contexts of Nepal, for that matter of Kathmandu.

Flyovers may be new for the Kathmandu city. But they can not be taken as objects beyond the grasp of architectural outfit of those trained in the traditional form of art and crafts of constructing bridges, houses, pillars, bricks, railings and so on. We can argue here that the proposed flyovers can be an architectural text written or constructed out of the bricolage of traditional architectural order of the Valley. Such flyovers can become a modern interpretation of traditional architectural heritage of the Valley too. Such act will also be of significance for both the developmental as well as intellectual efforts made to address the spirit of Nepal as a nation now going through a process of federal restructuring. Moreover, flyovers have universal forms of global architectural deigns, and any global phenomena can be 'taken up, struggled over, and refracted for site-specific purposes' as the postmodern cultural theorists would argue. Therefore, the Newa traditional architectural poetics can interpret the flyovers in its own 'grammar and vocabularies', and by doing so it can prove itself as an active local agent in a global context.  Such will be a powerful act of evocation of the glorious history and heritage of Newa art and architecture in the present times.

The proposed flyovers can open a new era in the history of urban planning in Kathmandu if they are to be designed according to the poetics of the Newa architecture. They can send a powerful message to the locals as well as to the donor nations about the possibilities of performing the traditional architectural forms in the new modes of the contemporary times. They can influence the minds involved in the construction-business in Kathmandu. Moreover, they as strong visual signs of the metropolis that can help transform the look of the city as well. Therefore, this developmental event can be used as an important opportunity.

Interestingly, the proposed Chinese support can be taken as an evocation of the history carved out by Araniko, an architect of the medieval Newa: nation. Araniko was a very powerful architect who spread the Newar architectural form chaitya in China. The very chaitya is taken as an important metaphor of the Nepal-China diplomatic as well as cultural relationship by both countries even to this day. The proposed flyovers can also be given a hybrid look, i.e. they can be composed out of the traditional Chinese and Newar architectural forms. As a result, they can create a new discourse not only in the history of Kathmandu's urban planning but also in the annals of China-Nepal cultural and developmental relationship. They can, metaphorically speaking, be the new route in the diplomatic and cultural relationships between Nepal and China, or any donor nations, for that matter. The proposed flyovers will not only help the vehicles and passengers reach their destinations in time but can also lead us to the realization of the new modes of urban aesthetics and cultural activism in Kathmandu. Let's make a creative use of this opportunity.

Posted on: 2008-07-12 19:28:10 (Server Time)
Kathmandu Post (13th July 2008)

 
Posted on 07-13-08 9:26 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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being optimistic doesn't mean loosing your sense of reason.
--Cappie bro, ali barta nai bhayo ki yes pali ahem ahem........
 
Posted on 07-18-08 10:29 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Six lanes road KTM-BHAKTAPUR

Project for the Improvement of Kathmandu-Bhaktapur Road

A grant has been extended for carrying out a 'detailed design study' to upgrade about 9.1km of the Kathmandu -Bhaktapur Road section of the Araniko Highway by expanding the existing two-lane road to four lanes. This will serve as not only a road to ensure consistent transportation of goods and people between Kathmandu and Bhaktapur, but also to play an important role linking the Kathmandu Valley with the Eastern Tarai via the Sindhuli Road, which connects Banepa-Sindhuli-Bardibas (East West Highway).

http://www.np.emb-japan.go.jp/oda/odatonepal.html

 
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Six lanes road Ktm-Bhaktapur


The government of Japan on Thursday has decided to extend a grant of ¥2.6 billion, approximately NRs. 1.7 billion, to Nepal for the improvement of Kathmandu–Bhaktapur road.

Mr. Tatsuo Mizuno, ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Mr. Rameshore Prasad Khanal, secretary of the Ministry of Finance of Nepal, signed and exchanged the notes on behalf of their respective governments.

On the Occasion, Mr. Mizuno said that the grant extended to Nepal is intended to be used to procure the products, equipment and services necessary for the execution of the project.

"In implementing this project, approximately a 9.1km segment of the Kathmandu–Bhaktapur road section of the Araniko Highway will be upgraded by expanding the existing two-lane road to four-lanes. The project will also take into consideration advanced traffic engineering so as to enable smooth traffic movement as well as protect ordinary citizens from accidents," he said.

The improvement of the Kathmandu–Bhaktapur road will help smooth transportation of goods and people between Kathmandu and Bhaktapur, more importantly the road will play vital role in linking the Kathmandu Valley with the Eastern Terai via the Araniko Highway and the Sindhuli Road, which connects Dhulikhel–Sindhuli–Bardibas of the East-West Highway.

The Sindhuli Road is now under construction with the grant assistance of Japan. After its completion, the road is expected to enhance connectivity between the north and south of Nepal.

 

http://www.nepalbiznews.com/newsdata/news/Biz-News/japangrantsforroad.html


 
Posted on 07-18-08 10:48 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Lets discuss guys

 
Posted on 07-18-08 12:24 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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amazing transportation engineer ho?

 


 
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Amazing.. Nepal development ma sarai khusi manne manchhe ho....

 
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Raniii, transportation engineer nai ta hoina
Gyan bro, I know u r more than me on that issue...

 
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Does this mean more places to open foot-path styled retailing of low grade Chinese goods like in the skyways in Ratnapark?    hehe, Jokes aside, I hope these developments bring better mass transit system to Kathmandu. 

I would actually love to see a light rail running from maybe jawalakhel all the way to budhanilakhantha through tripureshwor, kanthipath and all that line. That would be freaking awesome. Lets face it, the oil price isn't coming down anytime in the future and I don't know how long Nepal Oil Neegam can be running on deficits.  I am not trying to be a debbie-downer, but personally I wish China and Japan would help us build a better transit system with light rails and other alternate energy vehicles.

 


 
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In addition to building roads to ease the traffic patterns in Kathmandu, maybe the Nepal government could get the international support to make roads in rural areas as well? Rural road construction will automatically bring business, jobs, and eventually education and progress to rural areas. We could start from the surrounding areas of Kathmandu and eventually seep our way into rural areas. There are some places in Nepal where people have never seen a motor vehicle.

Only one thing is setting back progress, and that is the fight for power between parties. I recently dealt with party politics in Nepal, and it seems like a lot of time is focused on chakari and trying to play who will be in power. If this gets settled, projects like this flow in better, because it falls under the interest of the international community that Nepal is stable. The inter-party chakari needs to stop.

 
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Hello all,

I totally agree with doctorbee on focusing more on rural road construction. Although Nepal is a small country wiht small area, length of roads to area is very low (I compared with India, sorry forgot the figures). So in my opinion new road networks should be planned in such a way as to promote economic activity of the places it serves (not just to connect a village to district HQ or Kathmandu).

Amazing and gyanguru bro: I have not been reading a lot of sajha postings but from this posting, you both seem like being happy on development of Kathmandu. Perhaps we need to think beyond Kathmandu as Nepal too. Please do not get me wrong. I am in Kathmandu. I also want to travel from a place to another in the valley in more than  10-15 kmph. However I am sure without addressing outside valley economic growth (living standard) issue, the migration will always continue. Then no matter how many expressways, railways, flyovers we construct (and maintain in proper condition) the problem will always be there.

Amzaing: Thanks for starting this thread. I would not have known but for you. Should start reading Kathmandu Post instead of THT. :)

bkb


 
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Any developement news in Nepal is Welcome to me .....I love that Nepal would eventually Develope to be very rich and successful............I wish our Mother Nepal with all the success and prosperity. NOW SAYING THAT......nepal has been such a lawlessness country that any rules and regulation and strict laws to follow it will be viewd by the people as dictatorship and violation of Human rights. It will be a tool of opposition political leaders to anger the local by saying.........."SEE brothers and sisters .... this new goverment has completely violated your rights, ....Now you cant even cross he road, Piss on the wall, spit any where, park anywhere, hang on busses, drive any way.......we need to throw this dictatorship and bring back free democracy". and the crowd applauses

..........LOL AINT THAT THE WAY IT WORKS ??????


 



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