Tokha Municipality Launches Integrated Metric Address System

Kathmandu. Tokha Municipality has launched the 'Integrated Metric Address System' with the objective of making houses and buildings within the municipality organized and safe. Mayor Prakash Adhikari inaugurated the 'Integrated Metric Address System', which has been prepared to make it easy to identify houses and roads, on Monday.

Mayor Adhikari informed that Tokha has started the 'Integrated Metric Address System' to take the municipality towards a technology-friendly municipality. He said that the system, which started from Tokha-9, will be installed in all 11 wards of Tokha.

Mayor Adhikari said that with the installation of this system, it will be easy to find house addresses easily and to send equipment like ambulances and fire engines during disasters. The municipality has stated that the system will provide each house with a unique identification (house number) based on geographical location and road distance.

Basanta Pathak, head of the municipality's information branch, said that the metric address system will determine the address of the house based on how far it is from the starting point of the concerned road. This will make it easy for unfamiliar individuals or service providers to easily locate any house or building.

According to a study conducted over three years, 28,646 buildings, 26,616 houses, and 296 kilometers of road length have been mapped within Tokha. Mayor Adhikari said that although there are more than 26,000 houses in Tokha, the system will be implemented in 19,000 houses for the time being.

It is said that with the installation of this system, it will be easy for ambulances, fire engines, and the police to reach the concerned house on time, and services such as map approval, revenue collection, and disaster management will be integrated and made more effective. Similarly, it will be easy for businessmen to get the necessary data and deliver goods.

Ward Chairman of Tokha Municipality-9, Rambhakta Ghimire, expressed his belief that such systems will help in establishing Tokha as a modern and organized city.