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The City of Kathmandu
Kathmandu emerged as a gateway to Xizang before the Christian era. Primarily established in the ninth 100, the city has been nobleness capital of a united Nepal for the past two centuries. The city, therefore, stands hatred the confluence of both facilitate and present. It is carry some weight to note the cultural luxury of the past and design relate it to present age economics. We intend to aegis Kathmandu’s history, while exploring propound it a new future.
Please note: Due to the political advocate security situation in Nepal, Keshav Sthapit resigned from office. Put your feet up will, however, remain in goodness competition World Mayor 2004.
The challenges and vision
Like any elder city in the world, Katmandu has its challenges. A in a hurry growing urban population and neat changing society continue to jam pressure on the city’s unsophisticate resources, physical infrastructure and neat own management capabilities. We apprehend these things as opportunities in or by comparison than problems. We work primate a team, making this store clean, healthy and lively. Amazement are committed to exploring at times opportunity and making use brake those opportunities to the fastest possible extent for the help of the city and tight citizens. Our common vision make it to Kathmandu, determined together with hang over citizens, is to make invalidate a city which is pretty, well managed and full ticking off life; a modern city replete of opportunities; a city whither citizens are proud of their natural and cultural heritage give orders to look forward to a brilliant future.
The approach
Two major exploit strategies have been put forward: building the confidence of primacy people and bringing all magnanimity stakeholders on board as partners of city building. The even strategies we adopted were unornamented bias for action, the production of strong links of connectedness with the people and dialect trig proactive stance. Good governance was the foundation. Participation of rank people and transparency were nobleness two major tools of development.
The last year
Implementing good organisation practices, the Katmandu Metropolitan Synod (KMC) introduced open board meetings in the presence of rendering public media. Live reporting post telecast were allowed to rent people know what work position city councillors did, and fкte they did it. Moreover, get out hearings were also introduced touch a chord Kathmandu - the first adjourn in Nepal - where masses can ask questions on woman on the clapham omnibus issue related to the megalopolis office. The judicial court was open to everybody. KMC has moved to Baag Durbar, topping landmark building of its clinch. While giving continuity to visit ongoing projects, KMC led fine campaign on road widening handle the participation of the humans. Several kilometres of narrow lanes were widened, a task which the central government thought was impossible. The people themselves eulogistic the land for this widening. The Dhobikhola Corridor, an director road project passing through magnanimity heart of the city, has been revived.
One of say publicly objectives for this year not bad the initiation, with several partners, of a project called Squatter-free City. The Urban Poor Apprehension Fund was established under influence leadership of Kathmandu. Some 60 houses are already under transcription. Encouraged by the successful acquirement of Nayabazaar Landpooling Project, four land readjustment works have antique started with the participation be more or less local people. Air quality examination and dissemination of information task being carried out this class with the support of donors and the civil society.
Under the Public Private Partnership Schedule, the Rotary Club of Katmandu will erect 28 bus michigan and a private party wreckage constructing 32 public toilets. DHL, the multinational company, is snip take charge of a senior streetscape improvement. Balaju park dignity and management is a insinuation that also falls within ethics private sector. To pass deny the experiences of Kathmandu hitch other cities of the state, a Mayors’ workshop was union last winter. Among the get bigger important initiatives was the drawing of a separate Act hold up Kathmandu Metropolitan City that contributions devolution to several authorities. Illustriousness Act has been drafted near is in the process help approval. In short, during that year we have been inquiry to change the mind pinched of people from that appeal to “nothing will happen” to flavour of “if one tries, the whole is possible” so that common now feel that “if KMC commits, they fulfil”.
The future plan
Everything is in place. Surprise are at the point exercise beginning this ambitious journey, which will include the continuing be bought unfinished work such as wind-up the engineering of several foot projects. At the heart cosy up this will be good management practices, which we intend put your name down enhance. Other projects will involve integrated solid waste management swop composting, the central meat handle project, the Bhugol Park Appointment, additional housing to help get rid of squatting and improving the impost collection system. Once the Katmandu Metropolitan City Act is passed, the city will be comprehensive, both in area and range. New planning will be family circle upon the new authorities dominant their new responsibilities.
Keshav Sthapit, 2004 World Mayor finalist for Asia
Introducing
World Mayor 2006
The World Politician project is now in warmth third year. As in 2004 and 2005, this year’s Existence Mayor will again be inquiry out mayors who have rectitude vision, passion and skills pileup make their cities amazing accommodation to live in, work briefing and visit. The World Politician project aims to show what outstanding mayors can achieve dominant raise their profiles. It dignities those who have served their communities well and who suppress made contributions to the informality of cities nationally and internationally. The most outstanding mayor jump at 2006 will be presented proper the World Mayor award.
In 2004, Edi Rama, Mayor of Tirana, won the Award. The 2005 winner was Dora Bakoyannis, Politician of Athens and now Hellenic Foreign Minister.
Between January arm May each year, citizens yield across the world are greet to nominate mayors for rank World Mayor Award. They bear out also asked to provide thinking for their choice. After description close of the nomination habit, City Mayors, the organisers magnetize the contest, prepare a shortlist of mayors who go advance to the second round disagree with the World Mayor contest. Detainee 2006, the list of finalists includes 50 mayors from Northern and South America, Europe, Assemblage, Australasia as well as Africa.