{"id":27638,"date":"2025-09-18T12:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=27638"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:06:36","slug":"bagmati-provincial-assembly-operating-from-a-canteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=27638","title":{"rendered":"Bagmati Provincial Assembly Operating from a Canteen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KATHMANDU &#8211; <\/strong>The Gen Z movement has rendered the Secretariat of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly nonfunctional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the protests and clashes on September 9 (Bhadra 24), both the new and old assembly buildings were vandalized and set on fire, resulting in the complete destruction of the infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the employees of the Provincial Assembly Secretariat are delivering services from a canteen due to the lack of a building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to an official of the Secretariat, everything from chairs to essential office materials has become unusable. \u201cThere is no place to hold meetings; employees are forced to work from the canteen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Devendra Sapkota, the legal officer and spokesperson of the Office of the Provincial Chief, informed that both the newly constructed building\u2014built at a cost of around Rs 122.9 million\u2014and the old building were burned down, causing damage worth approximately Rs 300 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new building, which was inaugurated only on August 11 (Saun 27), had hosted just four meetings before it was completely destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Provincial Assembly Secretariat, it is currently impossible to conduct assembly meetings. 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