New concept to preserve Lalitpur in the offing

Lalitpur, Feb. 5 (RSS): Lalitpur, a town endowed with a rich cultural heritage and artifacts, is to be divided into an ancient area and modern area for its systematic development.

Presenting his new concept at the two-day meeting of the Lalitpur Town Council the other day, Mayor of Lalitpur Sub-Metropolis Buddhiraj Bajracharya said priority will be fixed and development projects implemented keeping in view the requirements and ground realities of the two areas as per the new concept.

The new concept will help preserve ancient art and culture besides developing it as a metropolitan city, Bajracharya said.

The areas covering Bagmati bridge, Kopundole, Pulchowk, Jawalakhel, Lagankhel, Satdobato, Gwarko and Balkumari Chowk will fall under the ancient area and the remaining under the modern area.

As ancient and emerging towns can not be developed in the same manner, the new concept has been put forth by Lalitpur Sub-Metropolis.

At present, Lalitpur Sub-metropolis has been witnessing a process of urbanisation at the rate of four per cent a year.

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