Kathmandu / Reconstruction of 38 heritages
around the Hanumandhoka Durbar area has been completed. These heritages,
enlisted in the list of World Heritage Sites, were destroyed by the 2015 Gorkha
Earthquake.
Thirty-eight out of the 75
heritages damaged in the Earthquake have been rebuilt while reconstruction of
14 is in progress, said the Hanumandhoka Durbar Supervision Office.
Office Chief Sandip Khanal said
these heritages will be handed over after the reconstruction of the 14
heritages which are under reconstruction. The reconstruction of these
structures will be completed in the next one and half years.
Out of the 95 heritages in the
Durbar Area, 75 were damaged by the earthquake. The historic Nine-storied
Palace to the south of Hanumandhoka and the Basantapur Tower, Lalitpur Tower,
Kirtipur Tower and Bhaktapur Tower, adjacent to it, have been rebuilt. China
has rebuilt these heritages. These are yet to be handed over to Nepal.
The historic Gaddi Baithak has been
reconstructed with the support of the US government and it has been opened to
the visitors.
Reconstruction works on the
remaining heritages has not been started as it can be initiated only after the
completion of the ongoing reconstruction while the locals have barred
reconstruction of some heritages, said Khanal, the Chief of the Hanumandhoka
Supervision Office.
Reconstruction of 23 heritages is
not yet begun. These include the Mohanchok, the Sundarichok and other some
heritages in the periphery of Sundarichok. The locals have barred
reconstruction works of the Kalika Temple and Laxminarayan Sattal.
The rebuilding of the heritages in
this area is being done through the Department of Archaeology, the Chinese
government, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Bagmati
Province Infrastructure Development Programme, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City
and some local Guthis (community trusts).