Government of Nepal

Ministry of Urban Development

Department of Urban Development & Building Construction

New Town Project Coordination Office

Land Pooling Experience

in

Chakravarti Kanth

Project Director (a.i.)

in

New Towns

Outline• Introduction of New Towns

• Land pooling details in New Towns

• Conclusion from Land Pooling

• Recommendation for further projects• Recommendation for further projects

NTPCO

New Town Project

1st Phase

• New Town Project conceived in F/Y 2067/68

• 10 New Towns (NTs) have been selected

• Both Planning & implementation in parallel

2nd Phase

• Recently 2 new Towns have been selected in • Recently 2 new Towns have been selected in

Surkhet & Pyuthan districts

• Preparation of Strategic urban Development

Plan (SUDP) started

3rd Phase

• Works going on to select 10 new towns along

Postal Highway NTPCO

New Town Project

Basantpur

Dumre Bhansar

Khurkot

PatanRakam Karnali

Chaurjahari

New Town Project

Phidim

Basantpur

Burtiwang

Baireni Galchhi

Khurkot

Sanphebagar

Scope of consulting work for LP projects

• Choose one of the site among 4 feasible sites

• Area in each NT should not be less than 20 Ha

• Work has been categorized in 3 stages

• Planning stage (by Consultant)

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• Approval stage (by Government of Nepal)

• DPR preparation & land demarcation

including preparing byelaws (by

Consultant)

Time frame scheduled was 4+6+4 months

NTPCO

Name of NTs

Proposed

Area at least

in Ha

Actual Area

in Ha

No. of Land

parcel

No. of

Land

owners

(LOs)

No. & Percent

of consensus

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Land Pooling in Approval Stage

Basantpur

20

24 133 8754

(62%)

Khurkot 34.53 357 179110

(61.45%)

Baireni Galchhi 27.65 302 239118

(72.94%)

Dumre Bhansar 25 32.74 257 15481

(52.60%)

NTPCO

Existing & Proposed Plan in Basantpur

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Existing & Proposed Plan in Khurkot

NTPCOAverage slope 15-20%

Existing & Proposed Plan in Khurkot

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Existing & Proposed Plan in Dumre

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Average slope 7.54%

Existing Landuse

75

17.647

0.1

0.26

Basantpur

Agricultural

Buten

River

S commission

Graveyard

90.95

0.72

0.896.26

1.18

Khurkot

Agricultural

Residential

Public land

River kulo

Road

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Graveyard

31.09

19.73

46.17

2.370.570.14

Baireni

Agricultural

Barren land

Residential

Sand Quary

Bushes

Mixed

91.79

3.16

2.172.88

Dumre

Agricultural

Resi+commerc

Educational

Road

Concept of Smart City

Name of NTs

Proposed

Area at least

in Ha

Actual Area

in Ha

No. of Land

parcel

No. of

Land

owners

(LOs)

No. & Percent

of consensus

Phidim 21.67 449 31356

(17.89%)

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20

(17.89%)

Burtiwang 27.34 154

Chaurjahari 30.64 970 307161

(52.44%)

Rakam Karnali 38.50 649 5531

(56.36%)

Sanphebagar 21.97 379 13893

(67.39%)

Patan 20.09 333 13117

(12.98%)

NTPCO

Concept of Smart City (contd.)

Existing & Proposed Plan in Chaurjahari

NTPCO

Concept of Smart City (contd.)

Existing & Proposed Plan in Rakam Karnali

NTPCO

Concept of Smart City (contd.)

Existing & Proposed Plan in Sanphebagar

NTPCO

2.43

40Sanphe

Agricultural

Existing Landuse

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NTPCO

92.02

Agricultural

Resi+commerc

public land

• Out of minimum targeted 205 Ha, 279.13 Ha has been initiated

for LP.

Conclusion from Land Pooling in NTs

• Feasibility studies for LP sites were conducted with low

awareness to the landowners.

• LP has been started as one of the core activities of NT in parallel

with the land acquisition (land banking).

awareness to the landowners.

• Allotted time for planning phase was on lump-sum basis.

• It was assumed that approval stage is more complex than

planning & implementation one.

• No standard has been fixed for the minimum infrastructure to be

provided in the project.

NTPCO

Conclusion from Land Pooling in NTs

• No time frame has been set for taking consensus from the land

owners.

• Most of the sites are at present dominantly in agricultural use.

• Dilemma whether to continue or drop out the LP in Phidim,

Burtiwang & Patan.

• Local people are susceptible about government investment.• Local people are susceptible about government investment.

NTPCO

• What difference in 4 NTs of which LP block plan being approval

stage & others not clear???

Recommendation for further LP Projects

• Criteria for selection of site should be developed &

Normal time frame should be fixed for 51% consensus.

• Cost for site visit for certain % of land owners to best

practices should be included in planning cost.

• LP whether for planned urban development or mere

housing provision should be made distinct.

practices should be included in planning cost.

• Approved framework for assurance of minimum level

of infrastructure (based on contribution etc.) from the

Government should be explicitly delineated.

• Pool of LP experts should be made in DUDBC &

periodic interaction should be held.

NTPCO

Recommendation for further LP Projects

• LP either for the Government or for locals should be

made clear in practice.

• Approval guidelines should be developed

NTPCO

• Approval guidelines should be developed

immediately.

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