Kathmandu, June 20:
The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has begun work to preserve the
western face of Singha Durbar – the main administrative building of the
government.
The reconstruction
body said Tuesday that the work was being carried out to save the historic
building from further external damages.
"As the
monsoon is approaching fast, it is necessary to preserve the western part of
the building, which is 33,100 square feet in area. Therefore, work has been
started to cover the damaged part of the building with silpaulin sheet – a
special type of tarpaulin," said the NRA in a press statement.
It said that it
would take about a week to cover the building with silpaulin sheets.
Meanwhile, the NRA
has completed the tender process for the scaffolding, a temporary structure on
the outside of a building, made of wooden planks and metal poles, and the
tender has been awarded to Map Entrepreneur Company for Rs. 14.1 million.
NRA's 45th
meeting on February 7 had formed a committee to reconstruct the western part of
Singha Durbar's main building.
The committee is
led by the Authority's executive member Dr. Hari Ram Parajuli and includes NRA
spokesperson Yam Lal Bhoosal, representative from the Department of
Archaeology, NRA and Ministry of Urban Development, as well as archaeologists
Rohit Ranjitkar, Santosh Shrestha and Rabindra Puri as members.
The committee will reconstruct the main
building of Singha Durbar without dismantling it.
The building was
severely damaged in the Gorkha Earthquake of 2015.
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