Vacate Durbar Square shops in a week, City tells Department of Archaeology

Officials at the department say Kathmandu Mayor Shakya is on the offensive after it directed the city to follow traditional methods while rehabilitating Kamal Pokhari.

Kathmandu Metropolitan City seems to be in a confrontational mode with the Department of Archaeology. The two entities have a long history of being at loggerheads starting from the restoration of Ranipokhari that was damaged in the 2015 earthquake.