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The encroachment of public open spaces and forests, drying-up of ponds and water sources are the problems observed on preservation frontier. On the other hand, lack of managed green spaces for children to play, elderly to meet and the population to have some recreational time is the problem from perspective of daily life quality to be addressed in urban planning. Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD) has been working with the communities of Kirtipur and Kirtipur Municipality for more than two years to revitalize the public open spaces of Kiritpur. (more…)

Mr.  Sarab Maharjan, inhabitant of Panga, Kirtipur, also the coordinator of Society of environment Conservation,  is happy to own the waste management enterprise support in coordination with "Fohor Byawasthapan Kirtipur Samuha".  With this support from the PRISM project, more than 600 households are getting benefited as of their discharged waste are being managed properly.  They used to collect the household segregated waste and have separate collection centre. (more…)

DandaTole is a community of 42 households and lies in ward number 16. The ward is across Kamalamairiver and the community is among the geographically remote communities of the ward. Access to safe drinking water was a dream for the people of the community. Usually “we have to walk an hour for a bucket of water” says Bhuwan Kafle a women of the community. This increased work load for women. Sometimes when they used water directly from the river, they used to face health problems. (more…)

What are the costs of urbanization? There are many of them, but down the list, one of the major concerns is ‘preservation of natural resource systems’ as landscapes change into urban centers. Nepal has urbanization rate of 4.8% which is the highest in the region. However, urban planning and management are quite far behind. This case entails role of local stakeholders in preserving a local pond. Nhu Pukhu is an ancient pond ofthe city of Patan. ‘Nhu’ representing short form of word ‘Nhugu’ in local Newari language meaning ‘new’ and is also referred to as ‘Rani Pukhu’, a queen’s pond. (more…)

Narsing Das and Gagan Das are a couple from Janakpur that has been working as Informal Waste Workers in Sanepa, Lalitpur for the last 13 years. They are scrap pickers and make their living by picking up recyclables and selling it at scrap center nearby. (more…)

Public open spaces with ponds, ancient temples and archeological sites, traditional settings for public rest places, the Patis (Falcha in local language) and fabulous designs - all are attractions of Kirtipur - a City of Glory. It is one of the historical and ancients places of Kathmandu. Open spaces are used for daily life activities, for cultural activities, rituals and recreation. In recent days, the attention to these spaces is decreasing, and the management is lacking. (more…)