FORTNIGHTLY Notes From The Editor Vol.: 11, No.-04, September 08 2017 (Bhadra.23.2074) Price: NRs. 100 Although the preservation work on heritage sites from Lichchhavi and Malla periods is slowly picking up, the heritage sites, monuments and temples built Editor and Publisher after the unification of Nepal are under a Keshab Poudel demolition drive. If the present pace of demolition Associate Editor and destruction continues, there will nothing left Abijit Sharma of the monuments from the time of Nepal's unification. While the heritage sites of the last 240 Photographer Sandesh Manandhar years were systematically being demolished, the process accelerated following the earthquakes of Contributor Sabine Pretsch 2015. It is very unfortunate that the government and elected representatives, supposed to work in the Cover Design/Layout Laxman Gautam, 9860795564 preservation of the heritage sites, are encouraging demolition and helping erase every trace of history Marketing Manager of modern Nepal. At a time when the government's Madan Raj Poudel Tel: 9841320517 own institutions are unable to start the reconstruction of the heritage sites, Kathmandu Nabin Kumar Maharjan Tel: 9841291404 Valley Preservation Trust, a small locally registered body, has shown a way do justice to history. With Editorial Office Kathmandu, Nepal support from national, international, government, Tel: 977-1-4430250 non-government and local institutions and E-mail communities, KVPT has completed the main
[email protected] P.O.Box: 7256 portion of the Patan Durbar Square. Given the wave Website of demolition, KVPT's move is inspirational. Thus, www.spotlightnepal.com we have decided to cover the recent reconstruction Kathmandu DAO Regd.