Tanahun's Byas Municipality Achieves 80% Progress in Baireni Land Development Project

Tanahun. The land development project initiated by Byas Municipality in Tanahun for organized urban development has achieved 80 percent physical progress in Baireni.

It is reported that the land development project operating in Byas Municipality-10, Baireni, has recorded 80 percent physical and 45 percent financial progress as of the end of Falgun. So far, Rs 41,609,494 has been spent on the project.

The municipality began the land development project at a cost of Rs 92,470,081. In the initial phase, a contract worth Rs 5,990,781 was awarded for land leveling and the construction of a 'retaining wall'.

The contract was awarded to Bishwas and Bipu Construction, Jorpaty. Similarly, in the second phase, a contract worth Rs 86,479,237 was awarded for the construction of roads, drainage, and other structures. This contract was secured by HRV Shivadev JV, Dhulikhel.

Chief Administrative Officer of the municipality, Sukdev Lamsal, informed that most of the construction work, including the 'retaining structure' and main and auxiliary drainage systems, has been completed. According to him, work on extending water supply lines and constructing cover slabs for drains is underway. He also stated that the construction of 'cross drain structures' at three locations for the main drainage system has been completed. Furthermore, the structural wall construction is finished, and the 'finishing' work for the office building is in its final stages, Lamsal added.

Electricity poles will be installed, and the transmission line will be constructed with financial support from the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction and in coordination with the Nepal Electricity Authority, Tanahun Distribution Center.

Mayor Baikuntha Neupane stated that the land pooling project was advanced after the completion of a feasibility study with technical support from the National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET). According to Neupane, a draft plan to implement the project on 261 ropanis of land in the first phase was submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development and was approved by the government on 2078 Falgun 2.

The municipality signed a loan agreement with the Town Development Fund on 2081 Mangsir 15 for the project's construction. According to the agreement, the Town Development Fund will cover 70 percent of the cost, while the municipality will cover 30 percent.

An area of 132,814 square meters (261 ropanis) has been allocated for the land pooling project. The project includes 347 land parcels belonging to 231 beneficiaries.

A detailed contribution table and land consolidation map for each landowner have been prepared and approved. In the coming days, the boundaries of the land will be demarcated, and the land will be returned to the respective owners along with temporary land ownership certificates. Subsequently, it is reported that the reserved plots will be sold for infrastructure development to repay the loan to the Town Development Fund in various phases.

The project will be implemented on land under Byas Municipality-10 (formerly Pharakchaur Ward No. 8 (Ga) and (Nga)). The project area includes land parcels starting from 50 meters within the Byas Road to the east, and parcels within Pharakchaur 8 Nga and 8 Ga.

To the west, parcels starting from the edge formed by the Madi River erosion in Pharakchaur 8 Nga and 8 Ga are included. To the north, parcels within the Boteni stream in Pharakchaur 8 Nga are included, while to the south, parcels within the road from Pratikshalaya Chowk of Byas Road to the Bote Museum in Pharakchaur 8 Ga are included, the municipality stated.

A feasibility study was conducted for 1,536 ropanis under the Baireni Land Pooling Project. The municipality claims that this approval will be a milestone in Byas Municipality's campaign for organized urbanization.