- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०३१ BS
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड ११: योजना, विकास तथा निर्माण · Volume 11: Planning, Development and Construction
- Official text
- Official page Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Includes amendments up to: 2066 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
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Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Act governs building, maintaining and widening public roads. By Gazette notice the government classifies roads (since 2075: national highways, provincial highways, local, rural, urban and agricultural roads, among others) and fixes a right-of-way (road boundary) of up to 31 metres either side of the centre line; where none is fixed, it may ban permanent buildings within 6 metres of the road edge, and the Department of Roads may demolish illegal structures at the owner's cost. Land for roads is acquired under the land acquisition law.सार्वजनिक सडकको निर्माण, सम्भार र विस्तारसम्बन्धी यो ऐन हो। सरकारले राजपत्रमा सूचना निकालेर सडकको वर्गीकरण गर्छ (२०७५ देखि राष्ट्रिय लोकमार्ग, प्रदेश लोकमार्ग, स्थानीय, ग्रामीण, शहरी, कृषि सडकलगायत) र सडकको केन्द्ररेखाबाट दायाँबायाँ बढीमा ३१ मिटरसम्म सडक सीमा तोक्छ; सडक सीमा नतोकिएकोमा सडकको किनाराबाट ६ मिटरभित्र स्थायी संरचना बनाउन रोक लगाउन सक्छ, र सडक विभागले नियमविपरीत बनेका संरचना धनीकै खर्चमा भत्काउन सक्छ। सडकका लागि जग्गा प्राप्ति कानूनबमोजिम जग्गा प्राप्त गरिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 3–4, pp. 3–4
- Road authorities may acquire extra land for road works with compensation (determined with the local ward member, with complaints to the government within 35 days), plant trees beside roads, take soil, stones and sand from nearby land, and remove goods or obstructions blocking traffic.सडक निर्माणका लागि क्षतिपूर्ति दिई थप जग्गा अधिग्रहण गर्न (स्थानीय वडा सदस्यको उपस्थितिमा क्षतिपूर्ति तोकिन्छ र चित्त नबुझे ३५ दिनभित्र सरकारसमक्ष उजुरी लाग्छ), सडक किनारामा रुख रोप्न, नजिकको जग्गाबाट माटो, ढुङ्गा र बालुवा लिन र यातायातमा अवरोध गर्ने सामान हटाउन सकिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 14–21, pp. 5–11; Sections 27–28, p. 13
- Owners of land within 250 metres of a new road (in 125-metre bands) pay a one-time development tax based on the gain from the road, collected like land revenue if unpaid; the government may reduce or waive it. Damaging road trees, running overweight vehicles, obstructing road works or encroaching on roads carry fines of up to Rs 2,000–5,000 and prison of up to three months to a year.नयाँ सडकको किनाराबाट २५० मिटरभित्रको जग्गामा (१२५ मिटरका खण्डमा) एकपटक विकास कर लाग्छ, नतिरे मालपोतसरह असुल गरिन्छ; सरकारले घटाउन वा छुट दिन सक्छ। सडकका रुख काट्ने, बढी वजनको सवारी चलाउने, सडक निर्माणमा बाधा पुर्याउने वा सडक अतिक्रमण गर्नेलाई रु. २,००० देखि ५,००० सम्म जरिवाना र तीन महिनादेखि एक वर्षसम्म कैद हुन सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 22–26, pp. 11–13; Sections 30–31, pp. 13–15
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Not enforced Rights-of-way are not always fixed. Section 3 lets the government set a road boundary of up to 31 metres either side, with a 6-metre default where none is set, yet on the Pushpalal (Mid-Hill) Highway, being built 11 metres wide with a 7.7-metre carriageway, the right-of-way had still not been determined, and the Auditor General asked that it be set according to road standards before construction.सडक सीमा सधैँ तोकिएको छैन। दफा ३ ले केन्द्ररेखाबाट दायाँबायाँ ३१ मिटरसम्म सडक सीमा तोक्न र नतोकिएकोमा ६ मिटर मान्ने व्यवस्था गरे पनि ७.७ मिटर क्यारिजवेसहित ११ मिटर चौडाइमा निर्माण भइरहेको पुष्पलाल (मध्यपहाडी) राजमार्गको राइट अफ वे अझै निर्धारण नभएको र सडक मापदण्डअनुसार निर्धारण गरेर मात्र निर्माण गर्नुपर्ने महालेखापरीक्षकले औँल्याएको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal OAG 62nd Report, MoPIT chapter (Pushpalal Mid-Hill Highway), para 54, printed p. 374; Act ss. 3–3क, p. 3
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.