Under the initiatives, locals of Nawalpur -- a village located nearby the district headquarters Gorahi -- have already pooled over 150 acres of land owned by different individuals and started developing it for building an organized settlement. Local landowners themselves have eagerly invested their land and money to materialize the project. [break]
The committee that they formed to execute the project has even procured a dozer and started works with a dream of developing the largest organized and model settlement in the country.
Ministry of Physical Planning and Works too has pledged a loan assistance of Rs 5 million from Land Development Revolving Fund for the development.
The works started after the plan of ´Ambapur Land Development Program Sector -1´ mooted by Ghorahi Town Development Committee about a year ago got a go ahead nod from the cabinet.
“We are aiming to complete constructions of all physical facilities and infrastructures within the next two years,” said Narad Mani Pokhrel, chairman of Settlement Development Project Committee (SDPC).
Pokharel told myrepublica that he himself has bought a dozer at the cost of Rs 3.6 million to expedite the project. The committee is also planning to buy tippers and trucks required for construction works.
The concept of developing the organized town settlement under locals´ initiatives was pushed by Gorahi Town Development Committee as per its program to develop a touristic city in the district.
“The landownership certificates of over 150 acres of land have already been acquired by the project,” said Pokharel, adding that the committee will hand over the certificates back to owners after constructing roads, sewage system and other physical facilities within a year.
Under the program, houses will be built on ´one line, one model´, according to the committee members. All the houses will be earthquake resistant. The design and outlook of the houses and open spaces too will be similar. The settlement will also have a swimming pool, garden and public playground, among other, basic facilities.
Of the total area, 21 percent will be black-topped roads connecting each house and corners, 5 to 7 percent area will be left as open spaces while 60 percent land will be developed as residential plot, according to officials at Ghorahi Town Development Committee.
They also confirmed that the landowners would get back 60 percent of their land as developed residential plot. Remaining 10-13 percent of land, however, will be retained by the project.
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