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Construction of 8 Mega Cities to Begin from Next FY

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July 2: The government is planning to prepare the detailed project reports (DPR) of the proposed eight mega cities in different parts of the country, including Kathmandu, in the upcoming fiscal year 2017/18.

The feasibility study for the mega cities has already been conducted in all the seven provinces.

The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) had developed the concept of mega cities in different parts of the country with a view to develop infrastructures in every province in the new federal setup.

According to Joint Secretary Ramesh Prasad Singh, spokesperson of MoUD, necessary homework has already been started for the construction of mega cities in the selected areas.

“We are preparing our work plan in order to start the construction of mega cities formally from the upcoming fiscal year,” he said.

He further informed that the feasibility reports of the cities are ready and the ministry is planning to start the works as per the DPR from the upcoming FY. MoUD has estimated a budget of at least Rs 5 billion for the development of even a simple urban infrastructure in one mega city.

Singh added that it would cost at least Rs five million for the detailed engineering works of one city. The mega cities will be built under the land-pulling system. However, Singh said that there will be lots of hassles to adopt the system in many areas.

The idea of mega cities was popularized by political parties in their manifestos and it holds great public interest.

The government is planning to build mega cities along the corridors of Dharan-Biratnagar, Janakpur-Dhalkebar-Bardibas, Pokhara (Lekhnath)-Dulegauda, Siddharthanagar-Butwal (Lumbini), Nepalgunj-Kohalpur, Birendranagar (Surkhet)-Dashrakshya Bridge-Chinchu and Mahendranagar-Dhangadhi-Attariya as well as in  Kathmandu.

The ministry has a target to develop basic physical infrastructures in these mega cities within 10 years.

The mega cities are expected to ease the rapid urbanization of current cities of the country and would also help in reducing migration as well as support uniform development of all regions of the country.

 

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