Urban Planning and Building Construction

“After the earthquake, people were in wait and watch mood and are still waiting for a favourable time to build their houses,” said Gambhir Lal Shrestha, Civil Engineer at KMC. However, he informed, “Of late, the application for building permits has increased as compared to the previous months.”

As per the ‘Fundamental Construction Bylaws on Settlement Development, Urban Planning and Building Construction 2015,’ new directive introduced by the government after the earthquake, it is mandatory to maintain setback of 1.5 m for houses not taller than three storeys from the border of the land plot. More-over, residential buildings cannot cover more than 70 per cent of land for plots up to 250 sq ft. As per the bylaws, road access of six-metre is compulsory to construct a residential building.