Lalitpur, Aug. 19
Lalitpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is organising a walkathon to generate awareness about the heritage reconstruction and preservation and raise funds for their restoration.
The 19-km long walkathon will be organised on September 21, 2019.
It will start from Patan, Mangal Bazaar and conclude in Khokana. There will be eight points from where the participants can start their walk – Mangal Bazaar, Sana Gaun, Lubhoo, Harisiddhi, Dhapakhel, Sunakothi, Thecho and Bungmati.
The participants can join or leave the walkathon from any stop as per their convenience. “Medical teams will be ready in each stop and ambulances will be ready in case of emergency,” said Krishna Lal Maharjan, President of LCCI.
LCCI also wants to contribute to the Visit Nepal Year 2020 through the walkathon.
Maharjan said that Rs. 500 would be raised from each participant as the registration fee while Kumari Bank has supported with t-shirts and lunch.
LCCI has aimed to attract more than 2,000 people in the event and hoped that it would be a milestone in the development of tourism attractions and heritages in Lalitpur district.
Local entrepreneurs urged the government to spend a certain per cent of the income earned from the tourist fee in developing tourist facilities.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 20 August 2019.
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