NA likely to reconstruct Rani Pokhari
Kathmandu, July 25
The government is likely to hand over the responsibility of reconstructing Rani Pokhari to the Nepali Army.
Rani Pokhari was destroyed in the 2015 earthquakes. The government has already started talks with the concerned ministries and agencies regarding this.
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ishwor Pokharel, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Rabindra Adhikari, director general at the Department of Archaeology Bhesh Narayan Dahal, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya had held a meeting to discuss reconstruction of Ranipokhari.
Ram Bahadur Kuwar, DoA spokesperson, said they had yet to decide who would rebuild Rani Pokhari.
A meeting of officials of National Reconstruction Authority and Department of Archaeology chaired by KMC Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya on December 28 last year had formed the committee to prepare a report on the reconstruction model of Rani Pokhari.