If you give a round to Kathmandu valley, you can find large number of
constructions work going on with the board hanged naming the
apartments. It must be a good business happening, else it would not be
like mushroom growing in the valley. They charge certain percent for
the system called 'booking' and promise to have over the apartment
within certain time. One funny thing is they make huge publicity, let
that be by taking full page of newspaper or by bringing superstar in
their advertisement but there will simply remain the stuffs required
for construction at the site instead of constructing and we book for
the virtual buildings.
Let there be anything, but apartment has been able to lock hundreds of
people in a single building. This system of apartment has made easy
life for any medium class family because we get to own flat in 1.2
million itself. It has turned fruitful to the business as well. Yes
lot of unemployed peoples is getting employment facilities as well.
They at least get to earn certain money. Advertisement regarding those
apartments has provided salary to the models there and served as the
life to the Medias who earn a lot through the advertisements. So there
is profit to customers, sellers, Medias, employees and everyone linked
to it. How can we ignore the salient features included there? All
those physical fitness, lift, swimming pool facilities are conformably
beneficial and positive aspects of apartment system.
However, when we see from a broad vision, it has been playing the role
of major factor responsible for centralization. They are welcoming
peoples from outside to the capital to centralize. At the time, when
decentralization has to turn out in the nation, buildings of
apartments are inviting peoples from outside. A person can sell his
house outside the valley and easily purchase apartments here in
capital which will definitely lead to increase in population of that
particular place. Like a single building made for apartment has been
responsible for bringing hundreds of people within the Kathamdnu
valley. And it's not the thing that I need to explain the
disadvantages of centralization.
It must be through international communities that we are attracted
towards apartments and business firm has seen profit through it. But
the case seems to give a complete negative output for us Nepalese
here. India don't have apartment system in New Delhi itself, but all
the big cities there are familiar towards it let that be Mumbai or
Lucknow. But apartment trend in Nepal is limited only in Kathmandu
valley, which attracts more humans in the valley. Truly, we are
centralized. One has to come capital to get proper education, job,
facilities and other needs and it has been the system. Government
definitely needs to play the role to work for decentralaization, but
the trend of apartment has been equally responsible for the cause of
centralization.
'Mero ghar…mero ghar…Kathmandu ma mero ghar…'Ah! This sounds so catchy
that one can definitely get attracted towards it, and if he got his
pocket heavy, he can pay for the iles of brick on air. It's not that
apartment system is completely wrong but there is the necessity of
proper management with strict Government rules for it.
