Due to the earthquake on 25th April 2015, many places were devastated and most of the houses

were demolished. Many people suffered various loss either physical, emotional, house, property,
family, etc. Even after a year of such tragic incident, not many people have been able to
overcome the suffering and sorrow. while, most of the people are trying to move forward by
reconstructing permanent houses, the others are still stuck due to financial problems.
RDFN is a non-profit organization which is trying to create a solution for such villages by
helping with the design of low-cost permanent housing, infrastructure development including
schools, health posts, community centers, libraries, etc, and also working with an alternate
solution for the energy sources used for cooking and other household works.

HAWELI TOLE
Location: Mahamanjushri Nagarpalika, Bhaktapur
Highway/Distance: Araniko Highway/10 km
Number of houses destroyed: 30
Google map coordinates:
2741'47.28"N latitude
8529'33.30"E longitude

Social data:
Economic activity:- agriculture
- animal rearing
- services
Income source:- agriculture
-labor work
Type of crops: seasonal crops that are not meant for selling but for their own consumption
Ethnicity: Timilsia/ bhattarai
Average of 5 members per family
Soil type:- Sandy soil

Physical data:
Roadways
black top:- 12 km (arniko highway)
gravel road:- 400m
Transportation: private cars/bikes,
loading trucks
tractors/trolleys
no facility for public transportation
Material availability:
Natural sources:- abundance of timber/ bamboo/ straw/ stones
stores:- few stores 10-11km from the site
factories:- brick factories for 10-11 km.

Surrounding neighborhood.
School: 1.5 km far from locality is a Lower secondary school (approx. 200 students all are below
15 years of age)
2.5 km far from the locality is Higher secondary school

Hospital/health post distance: Public health post is 5km far from the locality

Source of energy for cooking and lighting

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Current or previous source of energy used

Firewood collected from forest and fields

Dung cakes
Some houses have Bio gas plant

Reliant on electricity provided by NEA

No other alternate sources like mini hydro power/solar power/wind energy

Pure drinking water

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Source of drinking water in the village

Water source from the jungle. Pure drinking water available

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Source of water for irrigation

Collection of water from streams used for irrigation. In village areas, drinking water is also
collected and used for irrigation
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Current status of sufficiency of water for all the residents

Water is available for livelihood, but not well managed.

ZONING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IDEAL VILLAGE:

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30 HOUSE UNITS
HEALTH POST
SCHOOL
E-LIBRARY
COMMUNITY CENTRE
VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE