Panga

Panga occupies ward no. 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the Kirtipur Municipality. Panga's shape looks like the head of an elephant and Panga is a Newar community in the southern part of the Kathmandu Valley. 65% of the land is arable, 25% residential area and commercial area and 2% others. The length of Panga is 1500 m and breadth ranges from 300-800m. According 2048 BS census Panga has a total households of 970 and total population of 5,900. The rate of population growth is around 2%.

95% of drinking water in the community is supplied by pipes and the taps are public. 2% is supplied by wells and rest by brooks. Ponds like Dana Pukhu, Dev Pukhu and Tala Pukhu can be used for irrigation. Chikhu and Hanumanghat can be considered as rivulets. However in the absence of conservation these rivulets have been extremely polluted. Water has been supplied in Panga by one source only which lies at Ddudhpokhari which is situated at about 1.5 km from Panga. 95% of thus supplied water in Panga has been used for domestic purposes including drinking, 20% for irrigation, 10% for cattle and cleaning and 5% for cottage industries. The wastewater from various uses have about 40% organic pollution and 30% chemical pollution. About 10% is non-biodegradable. Wastewater is disposed in rivulet through pipes. Most of the sewerage drains are closed in the residential areas. However, due to financial constraints the wastewater is disposed of untreated. Due to this the receiving streams and its surroundings have become unhealthy.No one is satisfied by the way the wastewater is presently disposed of and the people are eager to implement an alternative way. The commitment of the community working towards treating wastewater is appreciable. People are interested in social activities and about 75% of the people have shown interest to contribute financially also as much as they can afford. Previously when Plan International run a project of brick soling on the roads, each household contributed some money. For successful completion of small projects this community has enough technical human resource. Similarly, for sustainable management and operation various clubs, guthis etc. are active. During Devpokhari cleaning local people provided labour. Thus, till today social activities have been successfully carried out without any disturbance.