7.1.2  Transport Facilities and Routes

To establish mutual contact between people living in different places and geographical areas, it is necessary to develop routes to make public transport easy, effective, accessible and regular. If transport services are operated on different routes, it connects different communities and areas and establishes a sense of unity among the people.

7.1.3  Vehicles Operating within Municipality Area

Recently, under road transport in urban areas and market centers of Nepal, buses, minibuses, Hiace, and microbuses have been found operating for long distances, while microbuses and motorcycles are available for short distances. Among these vehicles, some are private and some are public.

Transport stands as an important infrastructure to make public goods and service delivery simple and easy to mobilize the economic and social development of any region and to develop agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. Mainly trucks, tractors, jeeps, buses, and motorcycles seem to be used in this municipality. It seems necessary to upgrade road routes in all wards of the municipality so that they operate throughout the year. Also, various infrastructures required for road transport such as vehicle parking lots, bus stops, passenger waiting sheds, street lights, road signs, and facilities related to bus terminals need to be developed in an organized manner.

7.1.4  Details regarding Bus Park and Bus Stops

Movement of people can be made easier by constructing bus parks with facilities including electricity, water, passenger waiting sheds, toilets, public mobile charging stations etc. Looking at the practice of developed countries, it is found that proper arrangements for peace and security including help desks are made in bus parks. If facilitated and safe bus parks are constructed, the quality of transport service increases. Structures built in bus parks must be disability friendly. Although Beltar Buspark is in operation in Ward No. 6 of this municipality, it is not in an organized state. Similarly, main market areas of the municipality are serving as bus stops. There is a lack of passenger waiting sheds and toilets here. Details regarding bus parks and bus stops operating in the municipality are presented in the table.

Table No. 65: Details regarding Bus Parks and Bus Stops in the Municipality

Source:Office of Municipal Executive

7.3  Communication and Technology

The globalized society of the 21st century is in the age of information and communication. Although the urban areas of Nepal have almost embraced the revolution in the field of information and communication, television, newspapers, internet, telephone, mobile and courier services are yet to be expanded in rural areas. Fully developing these means of communication and technology and introducing rural people to the world of information and communication remains challenging. The Constitution of Nepal has defined the people's right to information as a fundamental right. Details regarding communication and technology available in the municipality are presented in the table.

Table No. 68: Details of Telephone Networks (Towers), Post Offices, Newspapers and Radio Stations within the Municipality

Source:Office of Municipal Executive

7.4  Housing and Buildings

There are settlements with mixed population density in the municipality. Regarding settlement, it is customary to live scattered in areas suitable for market potential, water facilities, agricultural land, animal husbandry, and grain production. Therefore, depending on convenience, there are dense and sparse settlements in all wards. Most of the houses here are in raw and semi-permanent condition, while only a few houses are in permanent condition, meaning that the houses in this area are not free from risk from the perspective of earthquake and other disaster safety.

7.4.1  Households based on Roof Type

Out of 12,703 households here, the number of families living in houses with zinc sheet/tin roofs is the highest, i.e., 10,632 or 83.70 percent. The number of families living in houses with cement concrete roofs is 1,342 or 10.56 percent, those with thatch/straw roofs is 312 or 2.46 percent, and those with stone/slate roofs is 46 or 0.36 percent. Similarly, the number of people living in houses with roofs of wood/plank, tile, etc. is found to be negligible.

7.4.2  Details of Government Buildings under Municipality

It is necessary for the local level to construct the municipal office building, ward office buildings and other essential government buildings on its own land or on land received from the Government of Nepal to make the performance smooth and effective and to give the people a sense of the government's presence. After the construction of such permanent structures, federalism will take institutional form.

According to the recognition that the local government programs should be operated by constructing the necessary physical structures at the local level built under the federal governance system, it is necessary for the rural municipality/municipality to have its own community building and assembly hall. This municipality has its own concrete building and all the ward offices here have their own buildings. Similarly, there is a city hospital building in Ward No. 7 and health posts and basic health post buildings in all 10 wards. Details regarding community buildings and assembly halls in the municipality are presented in the table.

7.4.3  Details of Slaughterhouse

If the local government works by prioritizing public health, healthy and positive thinking citizens can be produced and they can contribute to the development, construction and service sectors. Therefore, it seems desirable for the local government to formulate and implement a policy that certain criteria must be met before slaughtering meat animals and birds, ensuring the people's right to food security by constructing a clean slaughterhouse equipped with modern technology. There is no organized slaughterhouse in Chaudandigadhi Municipality. Animals are slaughtered in fresh houses and open places.