December 25: The Kathmandu Valley Development Authority has started preparing an integrated master plan for the development of the Kathmandu Valley comprising three districts.    
This plan is included in the annual plan and programme of the government in the current fiscal year as well.

Nest Jiyocon Paragon JV has been awarded the contract for preparing the integrated masterplan, said the authority's information officer engineer Saurav Dhakal.    
Dhakal was confident that the Kathmandu Valley could be made clean, green and beautiful after implementation of the masterplan while all 18 municipalities within the Valley will feel more convenient to deliver.    
The local level in those municipalities will be responsibility to implement the masterplan too, the authority said.    
A total of Rs 90 million has been allocated for preparing the integrated masterplan that commenced a month ago. The deadline for preparing the masterplan is 15 months from the time of commencement, according to the authority. -- RSS