The government is preparing a
masterplan for the integrated development of Narayanhiti Palace Museum, Kaiser
Mahal and Republic Monument in and around the palace.
A high-level interaction at
the Republic Monument on Tuesday had created consensus about the same.
Minister for Culture, Tourism
and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai, Chief Executive Officer of National
Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Sushil Gyawali, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s Chief Political
Advisor Bishnu Rimal led the interaction that discussed the situation of the
national monuments and need of the masterplan.
The NRA will lead the
masterplan creation project. Currently the Kaiser Mahal is being retrofitted
while some of the structures at the Narayanhiti damaged in the 2015 earthquake
are being reconstructed.
Secretary of the NRA Shiva
Hari Sharma, Secretary of the MoCTCA Kedar Bahadur Adhikari, Culture Division
Chief of the ministry Suresh Acharya, Director General of the Department of
Archaeology Damodar Gautam and Executive Director of the Durbar Museum Bhesh
Narayan Dahal also participated in the interaction.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 11 March 2020. 
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