Mandatory rules about construction in Nepal
..Normally it would take 25-30 days for construction permit process and they charge around Rs 25/sq. ft for residentials structure, Rs 35/sq. ft for commercial structure, Rs 2/sq. ft for building completion process and....
"....all the laws and proper planning for your construction..."
Understanding the rules of construction and embedding our approach to it helps us tremendously. Progressive construction approach is something that every developed country has been adopting now and then, its also imperative to understand that every rules, regulation and bye laws that we have keeps on upgrading so the rules are not the same every time. The ongoing wave of site clearing in and around Kathmandu have also dragged people in great confusion about their own construction, many temporary structures have been cleared or are in the quench to be cleared and many solid structures are also trapped due to unethical construction practice. This have dragged people in confusion about what are the major criteria’s to be adopted. People who have not taken into the process of registration of their structure are in great dilemma and even people who have registered their structure are confused about what are the rules and laws that need to be crossed checked in order to ensure that their structures are safe. Let us forward the bitter experience during the Gorkha earthquake when even many users who had claimed for their structure’s insurance couldn’t get their claimed amount as the Certified structures were not as per their certified layout. I think many structure in Kathmandu and in Nepal are not constructed as per their certified layout which can drag them in great ambiguity in future so the ethics and work structure of municipal also need to be reinforced in term of flexibility, accessibility, sustainability and economic aspect so that implementing the design in site would be utmost viable for the user. The massive flexibility in term of implementation and user-friendly supervisor and staff need to be incorporated by every municipal to make the construction more systematic and reflective to overcome such problems in future.
There are many bye laws that need to be understood by the user but before the detail of it, if the user can tap the basic one, it can help everyone tremendously to ensure that their structure is safe from such municipal’s action. The first thing that every user needs to understand is that you need to go through the registration process before commencing the construction of any structure in your site, going through the registration process can be hassle for some days but those things would turn up for your future accessibility. The people who have pre existing structure also need to understand that they can go for registration of their existing structures with some fine in the municipal office and they can get the certification as well. Normally it would take 25-30 days for construction permit process and they charge around Rs 25/sq. ft for residentials structure, Rs 35/sq. ft for commercial structure, Rs 2/sq. ft for building completion process and Rs 1/sq. ft for Revised drawings Registration. So, let me forward some of the important ground rules which you can incorporate in your upcoming construction or you can cross check for your pre existing structure to ensure that you are in safe side, the first thing that you need to have is the ownership of the site, Lalpurja of your site is the first mandatory thing that you need to have, if you do not have the Lalpurja of the site, you need to understand that irrespective of how long you have been in the area, you might get in difficultly so ensure the ownership of the land. For the land up to 250 m2, you can use 70% of your space for construction and other need to be open space and for land more than 250 m2, you can use 60% of your space for construction and other need to be maintained as open space. In term of road accessibility , Road’s length shorter than 50 Meter or Dead end road need to maintain 4 meter Road width (ROW) and 1.5 meter setback for your land for construction and for Road’s Length longer than 50 Meter need to maintain 6 meter Road width and extra 1.5 m set back for your land for construction need to be maintained. In case, the road’s width is smaller than prescribed one, than stander road width needs to be maintained by contributing the required land from both side of the road and extra set back need to be maintained. Compound wall only can be encompassed when the standard width of the road is maintained or ROW of road should not be violated. The compound wall can be of 4 feet in height and 1.2 m wall net can be encompassed on top of it. Parking of your house need to be maintained at least 3 meter long. For the Hight of the building, you can’t build more than 10-meter-high structure for the place where road width is 6 meter and for more than 10-meter height 8-meter road is mandatory. In the same way for up to 10-meter Hight structure set back need to be maintained at least 1.5 meter, and for 10-17-meter height structure 3-meter set back is to be maintained and for structure with height above 17 meter need to maintain at least 5-meter set back. For old urban areas 1 floor of underground is allowed and other areas can have up to 2 floors of underground but 3 m setback is important. For the shutter areas also, you need to maintain at least 2 meters of setback. If you want to encompass window, door or wardali around, you need to have 1.5 meter of setback. For temporary structure (go down/Tahara), registration need to be done and set back of at least 2-3 meter need to be maintained as well.
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