comment on my view. So, and also from standpoint of demographer who is particularly concerned with the migration issue, I am thinking to define the characteristics of this kind of trend of migration or urbanization trend in Nepal. I say that this kind of fast migration, this fast distribution of the population in Nepal -- this means that I simply do not like there to be the so much population in Katmandu. You can also find that the population in Katmandu is rapidly increasing, but in terms of the share of population in Katmandu com-pared with the total population, it is very low. Maybe 20 to 25 percent -- very low, and not only that the population of Katmandu sharing in the total urban population of Nepal is also just around the 20010 or so, and also that it's still coming down. So, it is an interesting study as far as population is concerned.

We don't have any evidence to show that the Katmandu is coming to be the so-called primary city just like Bangkok and Thailand. I think, why do I wait? So how to under-stand, I think this is very, very important and also might be a very interesting point, not only for social scientists but also, of course, for Nepal. I think that Nepal, how are the government and also parliamentarians going to think about this kind of trend of migration and also urbanization?

So then my idea in view of this kind of very much characteristic trend of migration and distribution of population in Nepal, I do not like too much concentration in Katmandu. Now I find that still now we can recognize that environment problems are becoming very serious in Katmandu.

Then I think that Katmandu is becoming to be the primary city eventually, or they continue to be this fast population, which means a small or medium-sized city that's increasing. And then I think that some experts coming may be interested in this kind of migration pattern. We can say that shipping migration patterns, which means, according to the imagined number of the small and medium sized cities, the very small type of urban cities are coming to be more and more increasing, not in connection with Katmandu, but particularly in case of Nepal and so-called Terai land area, the Terai region, where there are so many small cities found coming out.

So then, according to this shipping migration high position fast incoming from the northern areas, small towns are becoming middle-sized cities also. They just sit down for several years. The incoming migration is to the urban large cities and, finally, coming to the biggest one, and there I am talking about whether Katmandu or not. So now as the plains situation is concerned, we can say that this is a pattern. But will it continue to be this pattern or not? Maybe some think they are going to concentrate into the Katmandu population, and the industry concerning Katmandu will make Katmandu a big city just like Bangkok.

So this, I think, is the first serious point to make as for Nepal. What are we going to do? I think there is still an environmental problem coming, emerging in Katmandu City. There is more population concentrated in Katmandu in terms of industry and population which continues to increase, and then such is more serious in terms of the environmental aspect. It seems to be that, in a study as far as population is concerned, I am very much in favor. There are so many small and medium-sized cities emerging, and then people coming into