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Amazing
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Posted on 06-30-08 11:09
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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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Amazing
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Posted on 06-30-08 11:12
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Sourcehttp://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=40159
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Amazing
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Posted on 06-30-08 11:16
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Just like this :-) Random Flyover Picture from Google
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Amazing
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Posted on 06-30-08 11:19
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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
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Captain Haddock
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Posted on 06-30-08 11:38
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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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Amazing
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Posted on 06-30-08 3:11
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Agreed with Cappie's view, but lets be optimistic.
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gyaani_keta
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Posted on 06-30-08 3:45
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more concrete jungle......just what we need
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sajhabusaima
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Posted on 06-30-08 5:35
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guys be positive and optimistic.
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Captain Haddock
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Posted on 07-01-08 10:08
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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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Amazing
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Posted on 07-13-08 8:15
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Newa flyovers in Kathmandu
By Shiva Rijal
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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.
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Amazing
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Posted on 07-13-08 9:26
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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........
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Amazing
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Posted on 07-18-08 10:29
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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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Amazing
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Posted on 07-18-08 10:31
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Six lanes road Ktm-Bhaktapur
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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
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Amazing
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Posted on 07-18-08 10:48
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Posted on 07-18-08 12:24
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amazing transportation engineer ho?
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Posted on 07-18-08 12:37
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Amazing.. Nepal development ma sarai khusi manne manchhe ho....
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Amazing
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Posted on 07-26-08 4:14
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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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Posted on 07-26-08 5:24
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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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Posted on 07-26-08 6:22
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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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Posted on 07-26-08 7:26
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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. :)
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Posted on 07-26-08 7:45
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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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