The Rani Pokhari, which is located in the heart of the capital city, will undergo a cleanup with the completion of the relocation of the fishes found in the pond. On Tuesday, the work of relocating the fishes of the Rani Pokhari to Kamal Pokhari had started and now the pond will be cleaned up, said Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). The pond has never been cleaned up since it was constructed 400 years ago. Currently, a wall construction is taking place around the pond. The massive earthquake which struck on April 25, 2015 had caused considerable damages to the Bal Gopaleshwor temple at the centre and surrounding infrastructure of the pond. Arjun Kandel, Director of the World Wide Kandel KN KG JV – the company overseeing the reconstruction of Rani Pokhari – said the mud slush in the pond will be dried in the next two days before starting the cleanup. Earlier, the Department of Archaeology (DOA) had intervened in the reconstruction of the Bal Gopaleshwor temple citing it failed to meet the reconstruction criteria. DOA has now fully taken over the responsibility of reconstructing the temple.
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