\u201cThe reconstruction work has begun at Nuwakot Durbar. After completing the reconstruction work here, the team will immediately start the reconstruction of the Tulaja Bhawani Temple located close to the Nuwakot Durbar,\u201d said Rajan Silwal<\/span>, language interpreter for the Chinese.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Nuwakot Durbar reconstruction works will involve repairing of palace walls and replacement of weak struts holding the structure together.<\/p>\n Furthermore, authorities involved in the project have decided to bring Sal timber from Chitwan for reconstruction work.<\/p>\n According to Silwal, the reconstruction team will first focus on protecting the structure against monsoon, which is soon arriving.<\/p>\n Locals of Nuwakot had demanded immediate reconstruction for the site due to its age-old architecture, which would collapse any time.<\/p>\n They had expressed disappointment over government apathy towards this historic site\u2019s preservation.<\/p>\n As a temporary fixture, the palace walls had been held in place with iron poles since the 2015 earthquake.<\/p>\n The site also experienced damage on the western and southern sides of the second and third storeys and the pillars experienced cracks, besides the roof also lost is holding.<\/p>\n The Nuwakot Durbar was built in 1744 by the then ruler King Prithvi Narayan Shah. It was originally built as a nine-storey monument but collapsed to the existing seven-storeys after the 1934 Nepal earthquake.<\/p>\n The Nuwakot Durbar reconstruction activity comes as a part of the agreement signed between Nepal\u2019s National Reconstruction Authority and the Chinese Government to reconstruct all the heritage sites in Nuwakot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The reconstruction work of the erstwhile Nuwakot Durbar has started in full swing, four years after…<\/span><\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/seven-story-nuwakot-durbar-nepal-1024x576.jpg\" "\\"The")
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