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The book “Research Highlights” published by Nepal Engineering College is a compendium of abstracts of the research undertaken by the students, graduated in Construction Management (CM), Interdisciplinary Water Resources Management (iWRM), Natural Resources Management (NRM) and Transportation Engineering & Management (TEAM). All the liabilities relating to accuracy and authenticity of the data and any other information of the articles are borne by the respective authors. Editors: Khem Raj Sharma, Thusitha Chadani Shahi, Jhamak Bahadur Karki, Hari Mohan Shrestha, Narayan Kumar Shrestha, Robert Dongol, Anjay Kumar Mishra and Bishnu Prasad Devkota. (c) Nepal Engineering College Center for Postgraduate Studies Prayag Pokhari Lalitpur Nepal Email: [email protected] Website: www.nec.edu.np Volume I ISBN:- 2-9341-9 Citation For Whole Book Sharma, K.R. et al., eds., 2015. Research Highlights. 1st ed. Kathmandu: Nepal Engineering College. For Individual articles Joshi, R. and Gelal, M. R., 2015 Cost Effective Housing for Urban Poor of Kathmandu Valley: A Case Study in Ichangu Housing. In: Sharma K.R. et al., (Eds) Research Highlights. Nepal Engineering College (nec). pp 7. i Name, Designation and Affiliation of the Supervisors S.N Name Designation Affiliation 1 Abadh Kishore Mishra 2 Ajay Khatri Chhetri Freelance Consultant 3 Ajaya Dixit Executive Director Institute of Social and Environmental Transition 4 Amresh Prasad Karmacharya Freelance Consultant 5 Anil Pokhrel Disaster Risk Management Asian Development Bank Specialist 6 Ashok Kumar Shrestha 7 Ashok Kumar Shrestha Senior Divisional Engineer Department of Roads (D0R), Government of Nepal 8 Ashutosh Shukla Professor Nepal engineering College 9 Bhushan Tuladha Regional Technical Advisor UN-Habitat South Asia 10 Deepak Puri Senior Divisional Engineer Department of Water Supply and Sewerage (DWSS), Government of Nepal 11 Dina Mani Pokharel Independent Law Practice Professional 12 Dinesh Raj Manandhar Ph.D. Scholar Kathmandu University 13 Dr. Bharat Sharma Professor (former) Nepal Engineering College 14 Dr. Bhuvan Keshar Sharma Biodiversity Mapping Expert Forest Resource Assessment Nepal 15 Dr. Deepak Bhattarai Professor Nepal Engineering College- Center for Postgraduate Studies 16 Dr. Dibya Ratna Kansakar Visiting Faculty Nepal Engineering College – Center for Postgraduate Studies 17 Dr. Hari Krishna Shrestha Professor Nepal Engineering College 18 Dr. Janwilliam Liebrand Cultural Anthropologist Wageningen University 19 Dr. Khem Raj Sharma Director Nepal Engineering College- Center for Postgraduate Studies 20 Dr. Laxmi Prasad Devkota Founder Nepal Development Research Institute 21 Dr. Pranita Bhushan Udas Visiting Faculty Nepal Engineering College – Center for Postgraduate Studies 22 Dr. Rajendra Niraula 23 Dr. Rajendra Prasad Adhikari Professor Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk 24 Dr. Thusitha Chandani Shahi Program Coordinator Transportation Engineering and Management Program, Nepal engineering College – Center for Postgraduate Studies 25 Dr. Upendra Gautam President Consolidated Management Services Nepal (CMS-Nepal) 26 Etter Bastain 27 Ghana Shyam Gautam Senior Divisional Engineer Department of Roads (DoR), Government of Nepal 28 Hari Prasad Sharma 29 Indra Narayan Shrestha Freelance Consultant ii 30 Kabir Das Rajbhandari Senior WASH Advisor SNV-Nepal 31 Kamal Raj Pande Independent Expert 32 Keshav Kumar Sharma 33 Keshav Raj Acharya 34 Keshav Raj Kanel Freelance Resources Economist and Policy Analyst 35 Krishan Bahadur Bhujel Lecturer Kathmandu Forestry College, Kathmandu 36 Lajana Manandhar Executive Director LUMANTI Support Group for Shelter 37 Madhukar Upadhyay Freelance Consultant 38 Mahendra Kumar Yadav 39 Mahesh Nakarmi Freelance Consultant 40 Mahesh Pathak Assistant Professor (Former) Nepal Engineering College – Center for Postgraduate Studies 41 Mani Ram Gelal 42 Poorna Bhadra Adiga Program Coordinator (Former) Interdisciplinary Water Resources Management Program, Nepal Engineering College - Center for Postgraduate Studies 43 Prabhat Kumar Jha 44 Prem Prasad Poudel Soil Conservation Officer Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management (DSCWM), Government of Nepal 45 Rajesh Kumar Das 46 Rajesh Sada Assistant Professor (Former) Nepal Engineering College – Center for Postgraduate Studies 47 Ramesh Guragain 48 Robert Dongol Program Coordinator Interdisciplinary Water Resources Management Program, Nepal engineering College – Center for Postgraduate Studies 49 Saroj Kumar Pradhan 50 Sherani Ghulam Mohyuddhin Disaster Management United Nation Development Program Specialist 51 Shiv Raj Bhatta Deputy Director WWF Nepal Program 52 Suraj Lamichhane Lecturer Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk 53 Surya Nath Upadhyay Visiting Faculty Nepal Engineering College – Center for Postgraduate Studies 54 Sushil Chandra Tiwari Deputy Director General Department of Irrigation (DoI), Government of Nepal 55 Tek Jung Mahat Himalayan Environment and Climate Change expert 56 Vijay Shankar Mishra Senior Divisional Engineer Department of Irrigation (DoI), Government of Nepal 57 Dipak Gyawali Under Secretary Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservatio (MoFSC), Government of Nepal 58 Devesh Mani Tripathi Under Secretary Department of Forestry (DoF), Government of Nepal 59 Dhruba Pant Freelancer iii 60 Narendra Man Babu Pradhan Chief Executive Officer Bird Conservation Nepal 61 Ram Asheshwar Mandal Under Secretary Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (MoFSC), Government of Nepal iv Table of Contents Impact of Rural Hill Roads on Agro-Hydrology and Livelihood Transformation of Chakkhu Khola Sub-Watershed, Bhaktapur, Nepal ....................................................................................... 1 Water Induced Livelihood Impact and Adaptation Strategy of Farming Households in Manohara River ................................................................................................................................................ 2 Losing Ground of Collective Action: Case Study on Operation and Management Challenges in Mahadev Khola Rajkulo Emerging from Urbanization and Livelihood Changes .......................... 3 Changes in Ecosystem Services Resulting from Land Use Changes in Manamatta Micro- Watershed ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Assessing Water and Sanitation related Vulnerability and Adaptive Strategies of Urban Poor: A Case Study of Informal Settlement of Pragatinagar along Manohara River, Madhyapur Thimi ... 5 Agricultural Intensification, Agrochemicals Use and Water Pollution Interlinks in Manohara Basin: Situational Analysis ............................................................................................................. 6 Forecasting Model of Manohara River Flood Levels Using Neural Network: Assessing Livelihood Loss and Agricultural Impacts ..................................................................................... 7 Trajectory of Degradation of Bagmati River: Roles of Social, Institutional and Political Processes ......................................................................................................................................... 8 River Degradation and Livelihood Impacts: Analysis of Solid Waste Disposal in Hanumante River in Bhaktapur .......................................................................................................................... 9 Processes and Consequences of Degradation of Hanumante River: Religious, Cultural and Livelihood Impacts ....................................................................................................................... 10 Sand Mining in the River Terraces of Manohara: Analysis of Consequences of Social and Institutional Response ................................................................................................................... 11 Electricity Outage in Kathmandu Valley: Implication to Livelihood and Adaptive Strategies ... 12 Pharmaceutical Wastewater Management in Kathmandu: Documentation of Practices, Regulatory Provisions and Health Impacts ................................................................................... 13 Livelihood Impact of Irrigation Development: Case Study of Naubisephant Irrigation Scheme in Kavrepalanchok District ............................................................................................................... 14 State and Services of Private Water Tanker Operation in Kathmandu ......................................... 15 Study of Effectiveness of Water-Induced Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives by INGOS .......... 16 Traditional Practices and Knowledge System in Integrated Wastewater Management in Kathmandu Valley: Case Study of Khokana Village Development Committee .......................... 17 Socially Differentiated Responses to Water Scarcity and Adaptation Strategies in Urban Areas: A Case of Sankhamul, Kathmandu, Nepal ................................................................................... 18 Evolution of Groundwater Market in Kathmandu Valley: Analysis of Actors, Market and Regulations ................................................................................................................................... 19 v Changing Pattern of Water Flow in Manohara River and the Livelihood Adaptation Strategy of People to that Changes .................................................................................................................. 20 Household Drinking Water