Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: Development stakeholders have underlined the need to mainstream green construction practices and new technologies in Nepal.
Speaking at a regional workshop of Emergency Support Initiative for Green Building-based Prevention and Control Measures for Vulnerable Communities in Cambodia, Nepal and Sri Lanka in Kathmandu recently, Japanese ambassador to Nepal, Kikuta Yatuka, thanked UN-Habitat for the successful implementation of activities such as the utilization of Japanese companies’ technologies in the project.
The project was jointly implemented by the Government of Japan and UN-Habitat. It aimed at reducing the urgent risks of vulnerable communities and contributing to safer and cleaner cities in the Asia and Pacific region through green building initiatives, a statement issued by the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu said.
“The project was successful in reducing the urgent risks to the health and wellbeing of the most vulnerable households with poor basic facilities. The energy expenditures of these vulnerable households were reduced through improved cooking stoves and solar solutions for electricity,” it added.
Under the project, 220 households in Mahalaxmi Municipality benefitted through solar solutions and 150 households in Gadhawa Municipality through improved stoves, according to the statement.
