Urban Residential Neighboushoods of Kathmandu Valley

...In a city, there are three locales that a common citizen is concerned of -place of living, place of work and place of shopping and entertainment activities. Of the three places, place of living, which is the
neighbourhood quarter occupies from half to two third of the city space, and is most fundamental in city planning....

...Today, community spaces such as squares or courtyards are either unknown or are forgotten. lf one is aware of this heritage, it is understood as heritage of past not of relevance today, and certainly not seen as
models to emulate in building our present day neighbourhoods....

...The existing hierarchy of street and road network of the new urban settlement areas follows earlier tracks of rural farmland era. Guided land development followed this network. No new alignments were planned, nor a single turning of the earlier track straightened out....

In an area with population of 40,000, there are 15 primary schools where only one is run by the government. According to the constitution of Nepal, the basic education up to grade eight is free and compulsory The existing situation shows that Nepal's Ministry of Education has turned its back from its duty of providing free basic education to children of the nation.