Innovative approaches to deliver affordable housing options in Asia

1. Innovative approaches to deliver affordable housing options in Asia Belkotgadhi Municipality, Nuwakot ,Nepal

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3. International Training on “Innovative approaches to deliver affordable housing options in Asia”19th -29th November 2018IUTC, Gangwon, Republic of Korea Belkotgadhi Municipality, Nepal Toward Green Municipality and Sustainable Development KabitaDhungana (Ms) Deputy Mayor Belkotgadhi Municipality Nuwakot, Nepal

4. Innovative approaches to deliver affordable housing options in Asia [Logo/Belkotgadhi Municipality visual identity of the Mayor’s Office][Name of the Mayor’s Office] • Belkotgadhi Municipality • Municipality Executive Office • Baghkhor, Nuwakot • Nepal CITIES

5. Government structures in Nepal • Federal Government • Provincial Government-7, and • Local Government 753 Belkotgadhi Municipality is one of the Local Government.

6. Location of Belkotggadhi Municipality India China India India Nepal, a small mountainous country lies in South Asia. It is surrounded in north by China and in east, west and south by India. Politically divided into 7 provinces and 753 local governments . Belkotgadhi is located in the south-western part of Nuwakot district in Province no. 3. Nuwakot is one of the highly affected district by the 2015 earthquake.

7. Belkotgadhi Municipality at a glance • Newly formed municipality in March 2017. • It has an area of 155.6 Square km. • It is linked to Kathmandu (Capital City) via the Kathmandu–Trishuli road, Naubise–Galchhi–Devighat–Trishuli route and the Tokha-Chhahare-Battar road. • The Municipality Executive office is in Baghkhor which is 48 km from Kathmandu via the Trishuli road and 81 km via the Galchhi road. • The municipality is divided into 13 wards • Population: 45,000 + • Density: 261.6/km²  • Mainly famous for agriculture products and trout fish. CITIES

8. Contd.. • In 2011, about 79% of households had taps or piped water. • There are 53 schools in the municipality, • There are many saving and credit groups, community forest groups, mother groups and farmers cooperatives. • Every wards have been promoting user groups for local infrastructure development. • There are 6 health posts, • The lower belt of Belkotgadhi Municipality has hot weather conditions whereas the upper belt has a cold climate. These variations have provided diverse opportunities for agro products including fisheries. • All most all houses in the municipality were destroyed by the devastating earthquake in 2015.

9. Belkotigadhi Municipality’s profile 1.Characteristics of the city: • The settlements are scattered and evenly distributed in hills and flat lands. The municipality has very diverse social settings as the different cast and tribe groups are living together in harmony. Majority of the people have access to pipe drinking water and sanitations. • More than 70 percent of the Municipality is hilly area. Agriculture is the main profession and production sector. The agriculture practice are mostly traditional and indigenous. Now days, some of the communities are found engaged in poultry farming, fisheries, horticulture and dairy. The landscape, soil texture, climatic variation is found very suitable for organic farming including seasonal vegetables and fruits. • There are small market places in all the wards mainly serving groceries and every day needs materials. • The roads are not black topped yet. Most of the roads are seasonal however they are effective in linking different parts of the municipality and providing basic lifelines. • All most all settlements have access to electricity and mobile telephone facility. • There are schools in every wards and all most all school aged children are in school. • There are community based organizations and groups in every wards like youth clubs, user groups etc. CITIES

10. Institutional structure of Belkotgadhi Mun (of All Local Government in Nepal) Nagar Sabha (House of locally elected representatives) : Local government’s legislative body. Responsible for local policy development, development of Acts, approval and control of annual budget etc. In fact, it is municipal council and comprises of Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Ward President and members, members of. Nagar Karypalika (Executive Body of local government): Mainly responsible for implementation of the programme and budget approved by the Nagar Sabha. Also responsible for local planning, monitoring, reporting. In addition responsible for development of rules, regulations, bylaws etc for local governance and development. Headed by the Mayor and comprises of deputy mayor, ward president and elected members. NyaekSamiti ( Judiciary of local government): Headed by the Deputy Mayor. Responsible to give verdicts to the cases under the jurisdiction of local government. Office of the Municipal Executive Committee (OMEC): Mainly responsible for day to day business, implementation of programme and budget, service delivery, insure institutional memory. It is the administrative authority where the Mayor and Deputy Mayor are the political leaders and the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) is the bureaucratic leader. So, this office comprises of political leaders, managerial, professional, expert and clerical officials. Ward Office(WO): The extended arm of municipality in local areas mainly responsible for public service delivery, monitoring and public wish collection. It is headed by elected Ward President. The OMEC and WO have certain bureaucratic officials and staffs. Description of city’s governance structures for Housing sector CITIES

11. Belkotgadhi’s issues/needs Issues Ensure access and networking, enhance agricultural production and productivity, promote eco tourism, develop basic physical infrastructure for livable green city, and Uplift socio economic status of the people Needs • Modernize and commercialize agriculture to uplift local economy, • Promote organic farming including off season vegetables and fruits, • Link all the wards and city center as well as district and national capital with black topped roads. • Provide clean drinking water and good sanitation facilities to all the population, • Promote eco tourism and home stay, • Expand ICT networking in the public authorities and largely to community levels, • Support earthquake victims in building safe and disaster resilience house • Safeguard the traditional design, architect, arts in reconstruction and renovation of houses/buildings CITIES

12. Belkotgadhi’s Priority Sectors and Strategic Themes • Social upliftment through quality education and health facility to all, • Sustainable Infrastructure Development • Sustainable Road and transportation • City Hospital, City Hall, Commercial complex, city bus station, public places etc • Drinking water supply, • Irrigation, • Waste management • Energy • ICT, • Sustainable urbanization • Modernization and Commercialization of Agriculture • Sustainable Tourism • Sustainable Environment

13. Belkotgadhi Municipality's Some priority sectors • Insure access to quality education to all. • Insure basic health facility to all, • Supply clean drinking water to all • Empower, encourage and engage local community in local development, • Construct and upgrade roads, • Construct municipal and ward office buildings, City Hospital, City Hall, Guest House, Stadium, Parks, Market places (crops, fruits, milk products, fish, vegetables and etc) Bus terminals, Business complex, Public places and etc • Develop Chimteshwor (scenic hilltop) and historic Belkotgadhi fort as tourist destinations • Operate city bus

14. Contd.. • Encourage private sectors and community based organizations to establish and operate cold stores for local farmers, • Promote organic farming • Irrigation schemes • Manage solid waste for clean and Green city. • Harness the area’s tourism potential, • Protect and promote natural environment,

15. Municipality initiatives Specific actions: • Developing Integrated Urban development Plan • Constructing link roads, • Constructing buildings and basic infrastructures, • Developing DPR of roads, buildings and other infrastructures, • Encouraging Plantation, • Empowering local communities through trainings, discussions programmes, health camps, • Encouraging local communities to constitute local groups like mother groups, farmer’s cooperatives, forest user groups etc • Promoting user group’s participation in development activities, • Supporting post disaster reconstruction, • Data collection • Exploring opportunities for partnership and collaboration CITIES

16. Municipality initiatives for SDG11 Policy framework initiated to achieve the SDG11 • Developed and enforced Building code, • Developed procedural guideline for land use and building construction, • Developed Municipal Transportation Management Master Plan, • Developed standards for municipal roads and categorized roads into four categories, • Developed some mandatory provisions to safeguard houses and settlements from disaster (Buffer zone for petrol pump, river, streams and etc) Municipality has initiated following programmes too facilitate SDG11 • Organizing trainings for carpenter and construction related workers, • Disseminated models of disaster resilience houses CITIES

17. Belkotgadhi’s experience on innovative tools and affordable housing • Belkotgadhi, newly constituted municipality having very few basic infrastructures, has huge potentiality to be developed as a model modern city through planned interventions. It will be more cost effective as most of the new structures can be constructed in new and open spaces. • The people, local political leaders and the municipality’s bureaucratic leader all are very optimistic and determined for developing Belkotgadhi as one of the model modern green city in Nepal. • Considering the landscape, slop and potentialities typical design of housing need to be developed which will provide opportunities to foster and use innovations, • Local materials based new housing with traditional craftsmanship would be attractive to tourists hence increase affordability of housing. • Traditional and indigenous technique oriented housing would be effective in lowering cost, preserving local arts and artifact, utilizing local materials, creating local employments ultimately improving quality of life in new areas. CITIES

18. Belkotgadhi Municipality in Action Linking villages with new roads

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21. Contd.. Municipality initiated Conservation of Historic Belkotgadhi

22. Contd.. Construction work of Belkotgadhi Irrigation

23. Contd.. Constructed Building of Women Farmer Groups Constructed Drinking water reserve tank

24. Contd.. Municipality with farmers

25. Contd.. Supporting equipments and machine to farmer cooperatives

26. Contd.. Supporting equipments and machine to farmers/cooperatives

27. Contd.. Supporting farmers by soil testing

28. Contd.. Empowering and motivating farmers

29. Some Areas where we are looking for collaboration • Human Resource Development for Clean and Green City, • Building roads, urban infrastructures like stadium, bus terminal, etc. • Technology transfer and ICT Networking • Water supply and sanitation management in tourism pocket areas, • Modernization and commercialization of agriculture including organic framing, • Clean and Green Energy (Solar farming and micro hydro) • Integrated solid waste management • Trainings and exposure visits for the mayoral team on urban management. • Trainings and exposure visits for municipal staff on ways to address emerging issues – particularly about sustainable urbanization and green growth. Belkotgadhi Municipality is interested to establish sister relations with cities in Republic of Korea and other countries

30. Thank you! Dhanyabad ! Kabita Dhungana (Ms) Deputy Mayor Belkotgadhi Municipality Nuwakot, Nepal