Presenter Ms. Kalpana Baral Paudel

Administrative Officer Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City

Kaski, Pokhara, Nepal

Situation of Urban Transportation facility in

Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City

"Our Responsibility, to make Pokhara Clean and Beauty"

Pokhara at a Glance

• Establish in 1958

• Resumed into Town Panchayat in 1965

• Decided as municipality in 1990

• Stated Sub-Metropolitan City in 1996

• Pokhara has been divided into 18 wards

• Total population 255465

• Area 55.66 Sq. KM

• URL: www.pokhara.gov.np

• facebook.com/pokharamun

• info@pokhara.gov.np

Existing Situation

• National Highway 13.2 km

• Major Road 12.6 k m

• Connector Road 107.23 KM

• Access Road 451.5 KM

• Local Road (Length is not in record)

• Bus park: Three ( Pokhara, Tourist and Baglung Bus park)

• Local Station: maintained as per need

• City Bus- Mini Bus 400

• Micro Bus 150

• Taxi not in record

• Tourist Bus 75

• Private Car not in record

• Motorcycle not in record

• School Bus around 100

• Goods Career not in record

Major City Root

Existing Policy

• Yearly Transport Plan instead of periodic plan

• Policy for Right of Way

• National Highway 50 M

• Major Road 16-25 M

• Connector Road 10-15 M

• Access Road 6-9 M

• Local Road 2-5 M

• Have no Municipal Transport Master Plan

• Private sector operate public transport vehicles

• Specially four category Public transport vehicle (Tourist buses for long journey, School Buses, City Buses and Taxi)

• Fair is determined by close coordination with municipality for city area

• Private sector is independent to manage time and other rule

• Parking Facility is provided by municipality

• Have no government public transport vehicle

Success Project

• Project Name: New Road

• Length: 1.7 KM

• RoW: 30 M

• Cost : NRs7.5 Million

• No. of Vehicle: 5-6 Thousands /day

• Types of Vehicle: Bus, Micro Bus, School Bus, Car, Taxi, Goods Career, Motorcycle and other office vehicle

• Footpath Two side: 1.5 M

• Maintained solar Street light

Issues and Challenges

• To bring all the stakeholder in an umbrella of municipality

• To establish proper planning process

• Capacity development

• To clear right of way

• Manage footpath

• Manage parking Facility

Key Strategies

• Regular People mobilization

• Formation of necessary policy

• Inclusive scheme adopted

• Strongly follow and implement decided Right of Way

• Transfer footpath entrepreneur in other location

• One lane for parking

Learning

• Detail plan must be made

• Plan should be followed

• It will be success if planed activities are completed on time

Further Plan

• Prepare Municipal Transport Master Plan (MTMP)

• Apply right of way in existing major root

• Increase parking facility

• Proposed 81 KM long Ring Road By covering Two Municipality and 10 Village Development Committee

Any Suggestions and Queries ?

Thank you