Street cleaning campaign organised by Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office for a week, in Prime Minister Babu Ram Bhattarai's leadership; presence of army, police and staffs of Metropolitan City Office; 3 crore funded by the Government of Nepal; Sithi Nakha, one-day festival with the tradition of cleaning water sources of one's locality like ponds, well, stone spouts etc; implies that people have understood and valued the importance and presence of public open spaces; lack of understanding and collaboration between the government bodies and local communities.