KATHMANDU: Reconstruction of the Balgopal Temple inside the Ranipokhari Temple would be completed by October, according to the Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

The temple was damaged in the April 25 earthquake last year. The temple opens for commoners only on the day of Tihar each year.

The KMC is renovating the temple after 350 years. Uttar Kumar Regmi, a KMC official, said the temple would get a new look after reconstruction.

Around Rs 12 million has been allocated for the reconstruction project.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari on January 16 had inaugurated the reconstruction campaign from the premises of Ranipokhari.