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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Chaotic urbanization a challenge for Butwal, by Amrita Anmol (kp 04/05/2008)

Disaster-prone Kathmandu, by Sorrel Retchford (kp 27/04/2008)

Plan to make valley better place in limbo (ht 21/04/2008), A mere concept (ht 22/04/2008)

Kathmandu’s death traps, by Sushmita Shrestha (kp 29/01/2008)

Kathmandu at risk! (nn 14/01/2008)

Future trails of Kathmandu, by Shiva Rijal (kp 29/12/2007)

Opening Up Opportunities, by Keshab Poudel (sp 10/08/2007)

Rebirth in Chibakhel: The sands of the Bishnumati could turn to gold again, by Scott Berry (nt 10/08/2007)

Ours for the saving: To bridge the Valley’s past and future, individuals need to care, by Pranaya SJB Rana (nt 27/07/2007)

Thamel declared vehicle-regulated zone (samn 26/07/2007)

Move on to raze illegally-built building (samn 25/06/2007)

Breathing room: We can all help protect and improve the few open public spaces in our congested city, by Pranaya SJB Rana (nt 15/06/2007)

Evacuated people seek rehabilitation (samn 03/06/2007)

Dyolas flay bid to raze (samn 24/05/2007), Govt, YCL raze illegal structures (samn 24/05/2007)

New building code for Valley unveiled (kp 16/05/2007)

Policing metropolis, by Bijay Kumar Rauniyar (kp 06/05/2007)

KMC helpless as vendors clog streets, by Phadendra Gadtaula and Shankar Gnawali (kp 15/04/2007)

Signs Of Distress: Kathmandu ’s growth could be compromised by environmental degradation, concludes a research report, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 02/02/2007)

Graffitists ruining the city (samn 26/11/2006)

KMC bid to clean up major City areas (samn 29/10/2006)

Government set to revise existing building by-laws (kp 16/10/2006)

20 more public loos to stem city filth (kp 13/10/2006)

KMC to develop 28 parking zones (kp 08/10/2006)

Transformed ringroad, by Kushal Regmi (kp 06/09/2006)

“There Is Total Disorder In KMC”, interview with Dinesh Thapaliya, newly appointed chief executive at the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) (sp 11/08/2006)

Kolkata Kathmandu: Many similarities and many lessons, by Artha Beed (nt 04/08/2006)

KVTDC drafts new building bylaws (samn 03/08/2006)

KMC concerned at illegal construction (samn 30/07/2006)

Nepali capital prepares digital map to help locate roads (pd 26/07/2006)

Growing complexity of urban poverty, by Prajeena Karmacharya (kp 23/07/2006)

Private sector role in land pooling projects stressed (kp 10/07/2006)

For Urban Dev. Planning, by Kedar Dahal (rn 20/06/2006)

KMC unable to implement all plans (samn 18/06/2006)

Metropolis and its disconnections, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 09/06/2006) 

UN Park growing at snails pace, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 16/03/2006)

High rises to debut soon in Ktm Valley, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 05/03/2006)

Tundikhel to turn into parking lot (kp 27/02/2006)

Kathmandu’s drift into suburbia: The capital’s residents are moving to up-market housing colonies on the Valley’s outskirts, by Mallika Aryal (nt 21/10/2005)

Urban Squatters: Sanitation Triggers Transformation, by Keshab Poudel (sp 07/10/2005)

Valley population crosses 2 million: study (nn 16/09/2005)

Mega-project aims to build new city (samn 15/09/2005)

‘Concrete threat’ for Valley (kp 31/03/2005)

KMC adopts building code (kp 16/01/2005)

KMC presents Rs. 1.5 B budget (rn 15/12/2004)

Dharahara park being built despite SC fiat, by Razen Manandhar (ht 13/12/2004)

Living in a colony: Suburban residential blocks are not just trendy, they are also practical and affordable, by Naresh Newar (nt 10/12/2004)

Building Dreams: The government's housing project in Bhainsepati spurs socio-economic development in the area, by Pawan Bista (sp 03/12/2004)

CDF okays Rs 25m loan (kp 28/11/2004)

Sans cops, Lagankhel vendors rule the roost (ht 28/11/2004)

Use local resources for urbanisation (rn 17/10/2004)

LSMC project renders Itee locals homeless (ht 17/10/2004)

City is about people, by Binod P Bista (kp 09/10/2004)

Squatters encroaching Pokhara bus park again (ht 07/10/2004)

Minister calls for planned urbanisation (ht 05/10/2004)

On The Occasion Of World Habitat Day: Role Of Cities In Rural Development, by Dibyeswar Prasad Shrestha (rn 04/10/2004)

Building construction rate falls in KMC (kp 26/09/2004)

Avenue Plantation to ‘face lift’ capital’s streets, by Shandip K.C. (kp 21/09/2004)

Restore the glory of Kantipuri Nagari, by LB Thapa (pr 17/09/2004)

Building boom defies trade slump, by Shashi Dhungel (ht 09/09/2004)

Urban poverty eating up Kathmandu, by Raj Kumar K.C. (rn 23/08/2004)

Do you know your street and house number? Kathmandu has a new metric system to make it easier to find out where people live, by Naresh Newar (nt 23/07/2004)

New homes without old hassles, by Rupesh Nepal (kp 29/06/2004)

KMC okays over one lakh illegal buildings (ht 11/05/2004), Harmful (ht 13/05/2004)

Long wait for Sanchaya Kosh Complex, by Agya Poudyal (kp 04/05/2004)

The same old New Road, by Shristi Shrestha (kp 29/04/2004)

Lalitpur to have six overhead bridges (ht 21/04/2004)

Metropolis saves Rs 3 lakhs in a month (ht 15/04/2004)

Volunteering For Clean City, by Deepak Raj Subedi (rn 12/04/2004)

Long haul to Kathmandu’s proposed Garden of Eden, by Anjita Pradhan (ht 02/04/2004)

When cities turn into cesspools..., by Vidhu Prakash Kayastha (kp 01/04/2004)

Kathmandu’s slums: Toilet is not the only issue, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 01/04/2004)

Hoarding boards and hordes of animals despoil Narayangarh, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 27/03/2004)

Bhaktapur wants telecom towers shifted out of city (ht 21/03/2004)

Cityscape Influx of wires & cables, by Caesar Rana (kp 21/03/2004)

Real Estate: Boom Like Bubble, by Keshab Poudel (sp 05/03/2004)

Vehicle-free New Road on the cards, by Razen Manandhar (ht 03/02/2004)

Litterbins for pedestrians, by Tejasuee Rajbhandari (kp 02/02/2004)

Housing in Kathmandu valley, by Mahesh Shrestha (kp 31/01/2004)

Epidemic bomb ticking in squatter colony, by Chinta Mani Poudel (ht 28/01/2004)

Guard people’s interest (kp 19/01/2004)

Metric Address System to be introduced in Damauli (kp 11/01/2004)

Mixed reactions over declaring Thamel ‘Vehicle Regulated Zone’, by Pema Sherpa (kp 09/01/2004)

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Background

Kathmandu Metropolitan City at a glance