The renovation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Swayambhunath Stupa, has been completed. The structure was renovated after its pinnacle fell.
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Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is once again at loggerheads with the Department of Archaeology (DoA) and heritage conservation activists.
The metropolitan that had initially sought to concretise Rani Pokhari, is apparently concretising Kamal Pokhari, tried to demolish the historic Bag Durbar (its office building) and did little to preserve the centuries-old pond that Chhaya Centre covered and built or oppose the use of cement during the reconstruction of the Swayambhunath Stupa, is now allegedly building unauthorised structures within the Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square Protected Monument Zone.
An aerial view of the Swayambhunath Stupa, a World Heritage site enlisted by UNESCO, has been pictured on a smoggy day as the air quality continues to degrade, in Kathmandu -