KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday inaugurated a new building of Nepal Army Headquarters.
The building constructed is believed to be the first biggest project, among the projects approved by the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), completed in a short period of time meeting the required standard.
The President, constitutionally, is the supreme commander-in-chief of the Nepal Army.
The construction works began on June 6, 2016, and 400 human resources worked in the project on a daily basis to complete it in two years and ten months. The government had allocated Rs 3.44 billion through the NRA, the government body formed to carry out post-earthquake rebuilding works, to undertake the project.
The seven-story structure with earthquake resistant features has 430 rooms. A total of 47 offices including the NA Directorate General, Department and other Directorates will operate from the building built integrating seven separate blocks.
The new building features a meeting hall with the capacity of accommodating 500 people. The 2015 April Earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks that significantly struck the country had damaged 1,109 physical structures of the NA including the headquarters building. The roof of the new building is suitable for a helicopter landing.
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