KMC to build Martyrs' Park

Added At:  2011-01-31 11:04 PM  

Last Updated At: 2011-01-31 11:04 PM

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HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE

KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Metropolitan City is planning to construct a park, Shahid Batika, on a ropani of land near Maitighar (next to Department of Urban Development and Building construction ) to commemorate martyrs.

The 101-member committee, formed to celebrate Martyrs’ Day decided to construct the park to commemorate their historic contribution to the country and its people.

Member Secretary Dhanapati Sapkota said the decision was made while remembering national heroes who sacrificed their lives for democracy and the people. “The park will be completed within a year and will be open to the public,” he added.

A weeklong programme had been organised to honour the four martyrs—Sukraraj Shastri, Dharma Bhakta Mathema, Ganga Lal Shrestha and Dasharath Chand, who were killed by the erstwhile Rana rulers.

At the concluding event of the programme today, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, ministers, government secretaries and heads of constitutional bodies honoured all the martyrs known and unknown at a memorial in Lainchaur, while the military offered guard of honour to the martyrs. They also garlanded the statue of Dharma Bhakta at Shifal.

Earlier this week, the committee headed by CA member and coordinator of the committee Dhyan Gobinda Ranjit had paid tribute at Tekupachali where Shastri was hanged on a tree; and Shova Bhagawati, where Shrestha and Chand had been shot dead.

Following the declaration of Republic Nepal, Martyrs’ Day programme is not observed at Shahid Gate, as it has the statues of the martrys, along with the statue of late King Tribhuvan Shah.

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