Sitganga Municipality Office of the Municipal Executive Province No-5, Arghakhanchi Municipality Transport Master Plan (MTMP) Volume- I-Main Report (Final) Submitted By Sharp Research Centre Pvt. Ltd. Anamnagar, Kathmandu 1 Sitganga Municipality Office of the Municipal Executive Province No-5, Argakhachi district This document is the draft report prepared for the project, “Municipality Transport Master Plan (MTMP)” undertaken by Sitganga Municipality Office, Argakhachi district. This document has been prepared by Sharp Research Centre Pvt. Ltd. for Sitganga Municipality Office of the Municipal Executive, Argakhachi district. The opinions, findings and conclusions expressed herein are those of the Consultant and do not necessarily reflect those of the Municipality. Data Sources and Credits Data sets, drawings and other miscellaneous data are produced/ developed by Sharp Research Centre Pvt. Ltd. for the project during 2019. These data are owned by Sitganga Municipality, Office of the Municipal Executive, Argakhachi. Authorization from the owner is required for the usage and/or publication of the data in part or whole. i Name of the Project Municipality Transport Master Plan (MTMP) of Sitganga Municipality Project Executing Agency Sitganga Municipality Office of the Municipal Executive Province No-5, Argakhachi district Implementing Agency Sitganga Municipality Office of the Municipal Executive Province No-5, Argakhachi district Name of the Consultant Sharp Research Centre Pvt. Ltd. Anamnagar, Kathmandu Project Commencement Date Date of Project Completion No. of Volumes Two Volume I: Main Report Volume II: Maps Version No 1.0 Date of Submission Submission Type Hard Copy Copies Produced For Client : 2 (Two) For Consultant : 1 (one) Prepared By Checked By Reviewed By Official Stamp ii Acknowledgements This MTMP Report for Sitganga Municipality has been prepared on the basis of Municipality Transport Master Plan Preparation Guidelines and terms of reference prepared by the then Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, Infrastructure Development Division, (IDD), Singhadurbar, Kathmandu, November 2014, and as per the ToR provided along with the contract agreement with the Sitganga Municipality. The job was entrusted to the Sharp Research Centre Pvt. Ltd, Anamnagar, Kathmandu. This report is prepared and submitted as Draft report. The consultants’ team would like to express its appreciation to the officials from Sitganga Municipality. We are highly grateful for their help and co-operation. We are very grateful to the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and Chief Administrative Officer and other personnel’s of the Municipality and local peoples who directly and indirectly contributed during this study and field survey. Finally, the project team would like to express thanks to all staffs and colleagues for their anxious support for this study. i Declaration Letter We hereby declare that we have conducted the study for Municipal Transport Master Plan (MTMP) of Sitganga Municipality professionally using the then MoFALD guideline and other acceptable standard methodologies. To the best of our knowledge, the findings of our study are correct. The Municipality Transport Master Plan has been prepared as per standard engineering tools, norms and practices. The visionary city development has been finalized on the basis of the discussion with the stakeholders. We would like to assure you that the MTMP is reliable, practicable and adequate to the overall development of Municipality transport system. We shall be accountable for any misleading information in any part of this report in respective area of study. ii Executive Summary Sitganga Municipality is located in Argakhachi district, Province No. 1. It was established merging the then seven VDCs viz. This Municipality was established by merging then seven Village Development Committees (VDCs) i.e. Sitapur, Subarnakhal, Thada, Simalpani, Siddhara, Jukena and Jaluke and currently divided into 14 wards. Total area of this Municipality is 610.46 square kilometers with total population of 43,373 from some 9,201 households. As mentioned in the table, ward wise, Ward No. 11 holds the largest area i.e. 117.82 sq. km. followed by Ward No. 10 and so on whereas Ward No. 4 holds the smallest size of 18.53 sq. km. The topography of this local boundary consists of several undulations having peaks, hills, inner valleys, plain fertile lands with extensive forest cover. This municipality retains a diverse climatic variations ranging from tropical to temperate climate and elevates considerably up to the range of 1,600 m. The main economic activity of this Municipality is agriculture and livestock, whereas people follow other chores as well for their sustenance. This Municipality has no air transport service to complement the surface transport facilities. Inner mobility and other development activities fully depend on expansion of road network within the district. The Municipality has limited number of all-weather transport facilities because most of the municipal roads are earthen in nature and requires lots of adventure during the rainy season to shuttle from one place to another. Sitganga Municipal inventory has identified 236 municipal roads with total length of 773.16 Km in which 752.89km (97.38%) fall under earthen category, 17.8 km (2.30%) gravel, and 0.24 km black top and 2.22 Km as new track. Likewise among four different classes, 6 roads fall under Class “A”, 16 roads under Class “B”, 32 roads under Class “C” and 189 roads under Class “D” where Class A, Class B, Class C and Class D constitutes 180.42km, 144.87 km, 166.16 km and 281.71 km respectively. Likewise, 42 roads have been recommended as prioritized roads that include 6 from Class A and 16 each from Class B, 15 from Class C and 5 from Class D. Based on investment plan, all MTMP roads will be maintained over five year period. 332.36 Km MTMP roads will be improved and prepared for gravel road standard including widening and maintaining longitudinal and cross drainage system. This intervention ensures to bring into all-weather road for maintainable stage. 3.15 Km new track will be opened and be brought into vehicle pliable condition (full design width and side drain construction) during the MTMP period as projected budget. Additional length could have chance of upgrading if additional fund is available during this MTMP period. During the MTMP period, NPR 398.72 Million will be invested for construction while NPR 170.88 Million on maintenance. iii Table of Contents Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................... i Declaration Letter ........................................................................................................................... ii Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... iii Chapter - 1: Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Objective .......................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Scope of the Work ............................................................................................ 2 1.4 Limitation ......................................................................................................... 3 1.5 Approach and Methodology ............................................................................. 3 1.5.1 General Methodological Overview ...................................................... 4 1.5.2 Comprehensive Task Description ........................................................ 5 1.5.3 Data Collection ..................................................................................... 5 1.5.4 Data Analysis ....................................................................................... 6 1.5.5 Base Map with Indicative Development Potential Map ....................... 7 1.5.6 Preparation of MRIM (Municipal Road Inventory Map) ..................... 7 1.5.7 Perspective Plan ................................................................................... 8 1.5.8 Preparation of MTMP .......................................................................... 8 Chapter- 2: Review of Existing Infrastructure Situation ............................................................ 9 2.1 General Overview ............................................................................................ 9 2.2 Agriculture and livestock ............................................................................... 10 2.3 Forestry (linked) ventures .............................................................................. 10 2.4 Industry .......................................................................................................... 10 2.5 Existing Transportation Infrastructure Situation ............................................ 11 2.6 Visionary City Development Plan ................................................................. 13 2.6.1 Major Plans, Policies and Programs in terms of visionary city development ....................................................................................... 13 2.6.2 Transportation Sectors ........................................................................ 14 2.6.3 Land Use