BIG THREE, FRONT MEET AGAIN TUESDAY UPDATE

BIG THREE, FRONT MEET AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING; NO AGREEMENT ON MMEBERS OF COMMISSION UPDATE


Kathmandu, 21 Nov.: The Big Three and representatives couldn’t agree of members of a proposed nine-member state reorganization commission Monday evening.
Maoists, NC, UML and a front of Madeshbadi parties agreed on the size with nine members.
The Big Three and front couldn’t agree on names of members.
They meet Tuesday morning at nine.
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STOP FREE ELECTRICITY TO EMPLOYEES NEA TOLD BY CIAA

Kathmandu, 21 Nov.: CIAA directed Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) not to provide free electricity to employees.
The Authority was losing millions of rupees every year through toll free power to employees through free power the agency noted and added the practice wasn’t healthy.
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ANCIENT STYLE VILLAGE COMING UP ON BHAKTAPUR/ KAVRE BORDER
Kathmandu, Nov 21: Conservationist Rabindra Puri of Dattatraya, Bhaktapur has started building a whole village in an ancient style, Ramesh Giri reports for RSS from Bhaktapur.

Puri is involved in the campaign to protect and preserve old houses and cities at a time when traditional and ancient houses are being fast disappearing.

Puri, who had received the Asia Pacific Cultural Heritage Award and the UNESCO Award for the first time in Nepal for building a model house from a house used as poultry farm in Bhaktapur seven years ago, has started to build 60 houses of ancient style in Saraswoti Danda of Nasika VDC in the border of Bhaktapur and Kavre districts.

Three houses have been already built and all others will be built in next two years in the place in connection with making an ancient city of Lichchhabi times in the place where Anshu Varma time inscription was also found.

The city is being constructed in 54 ropanis of land in a whole hill. Various mountain ranges and Kathmandu valley can be observed from the place. The city will be seen as an ancient Nepali city of traditional style.

The city was started by purchasing land at a cost of Rs. 300,000 to Rs. 4 million per ropani with the assistance of Fernando of Spain, amid the settlements of Newars, Magars and Tamang.

Puri who started the works by taking loans with his land as collateral, said the ancient city will be built with an investment of Rs. 500 million within the next two years.

Puri has used only Nepali traditional materials while building the houses.

Houses of various styles have been constructed and there will be a stupa, temples, resting places, water spouts, greenery, open area, and play ground inside the city, but there will be no swimming pools and shopping malls, he said.
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