Kathmandu. Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has started the work of managing public chairs for pedestrians to sit on the roadsides, parks and corridors of rivers.

In this process, the old and dilapidated ones will be repaired, maintained and painted, the number of passengers will be increased in the places where there is a rush of passengers, uniformity will be maintained by placing the same type of chairs in one place, attractive and user-friendly. Suresh Rai, chief of the Public Works Department, said, “We have started to facilitate the needs of pedestrians like age group and physical condition. There is no plan to remove the chairs from the previous sites. There may be an exchange to maintain uniformity. ’

Under this, the iron and wooden chairs installed along the Singha Durbar-Bhadrakali road section have been repaired. There were 2 types of chairs in this place. Of these, the old benches will be repaired and painted and kept in their place, said Rai. Earlier, the chairs were shifted from the places where they were placed. He said that work will be done in such a way that it will also be managed.

The KMC’s Public Works Department and Parks and Greenery Promotion Project are managing public chairs. Among these, the project has given priority. In the month of September 2081, 140 public chairs were set up in different parts of the city. These chairs are 1.5 meters long and half a meter wide. The price of each chair has been Rs 18,655 including tax. Of them, 11 chairs have been placed along the footpath along the Bhadrakali-Singha Durbar road section. Besides, the corridors of Bagmati and Bagmati rivers, Guheshwori, Koteshwor, Kalmochan, among other places were also parked.

In the second phase, 49 were received. These chairs will be placed at Survey Department, Tinkune, Koteshwor Khanda, Ratnapark, Maitighar Babarmahal, Kalpokhari among other places. Under Tactical Urbanism, 150 chairs will be provided in the third package. These chairs will be placed at different places depending on the demand and need.