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Kathmandu Monday November 05, 2001 Kartik 20, 2058.
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Baidya’s letters
This is in response to JD Baidya’s letter to the editor
published in your esteemed national daily on Oct 30, 2001. We would like to express our
sincere thanks to Baidya and his keen interest and observations in street names. However,
we would like to clarify the procedure followed while naming streets in Kathmandu so that
everybody could know how each street was named. The actual street naming is carried out on
the basis of names collected and recommended by local ward offices so that the names are
acceptable to the local people and represent the unique characteristic of the area, if
any. The Kathmandu Valley Mapping Programme (KVMP) publishes notices in national dailies,
makes announcements through electronic media like NTV and FM radio. While naming streets
in the central sector of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC, ward numbers- 1, 5, 11, 31, 32
and 33), KVMP published such notices requesting suggestions for suitable street names in
their locality.
Unfortunately, it seems that Baidya somehow missed such
notices. Local ward offices collect names on the basis of public suggestions. They also
recommend names that highlight their area’s uniqueness or identity such as names of
monuments, local history and so on. Names so received are then passed on to KVMP, which
then presents the list to the KMC Board Committee for approval. It is the committee which
finally decides on the names of the streets after holding a discussion. KVMP then prepares
the street name plates and house number plates on the basis of the approved names. The
names Tripura Path and Prasuti Marg were also given after completing the whole procedure
which took more than three months. We are now collecting the names of streets in wards 2,
3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 29, 34 and 35. We request the public to take very active
interest in naming the streets in their area while the naming procedure is going on.
Dwarika Shrestha
Senior engineer, KVMP
I fully support Baidya’s letter "Give him a
chance" (TKP, Oct 31, 2001). We have the same set of corrupt and disgraceful
politicians coming back to power shamelessly, then why shouldn’t Prince Paras be
declared the Crown Prince? Whether anybody likes it or not, the fact remains that he is
has the Blue Blood. We Nepalese should be more positive and try to preserve our royal
lineage. It is so apparent that kings and queens the world over are slowly disappearing.
The word monarchy gives a glimmer of hope to the Nepalis. Republican states are far too
common and complicated, and Nepal at present is not any better with scores of corrupt
ministers and politicians.
Definitely, we should give our Crown Prince an opportunity to
prove that he is becoming wiser and responsible.
M Jung
Sanepa, Lalitpur |
