People throng at Dharahara to climb it after govt. opens it to public

Kathmandu: Following the government’s decision to allow the general public to visit Dharahara, a historic tower, free of cost from today, a huge number of people gathered at the federal capital’s landmark.

The government has made arrangements to the general public to climb Dharahara free of charge from today, on the occasion of the Constitution Day, until the entry fee is fixed.

A huge number of people gathered at Dharahara on the first day after it was opened nine years after its reconstruction, according to the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction. Dharahara collapsed in the Gorkha earthquake in 2015.

Chief of the Central-Level Project Implementation Unit under the Department, Koshnath Adhikari said though the arrangement was made to allow 600 people to climb Dharahara free of charge every day, around 2,500 people climbed Dharahara till afternoon.

There is still a long queue and a huge crowd of people willing to climb Dharahara and people would be allowed to enter Dharahara till 3:30 pm and would be closed at 4:30 pm today, he added.

The arrangement of free entry is only for the time being and the entry fee will be fixed soon, shared Adhikari. The National Reconstruction Authority started the reconstruction of Dharahara on September 30, 2018, and the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated Dharahara on April 24, 2021.

The Central-Level Project Implementation Unit has also launched a website dharahara.com.gov.np to book a visit to Dharahara.