Expansion Plan for the Memorial Park
MARTYR GALLERY
This site aims to be a center for memorabilia, information and preservation of materials related to martyrs of Nepal.
It hopes to facilitate research and aid researchers in their studies about the martyrs' lives.
MADAN MEMORIAL
To honor Late Madan Bhandari, Hetauda Municipality has decided to install his full-body statue.
Construction is underway in the proposed spot; statue is to be provided by Madan Memorial Academy.
B. P. KOIRALA MEMORIAL
Also Late B. P. Koirala Memorial is to be included with an objective to be all inclusive.
Talks are being held with Bharatpur, Birgunj and Biratnagar municipalities.
CHILDREN'S PARK
Children and their needs will be a part of this program, as its development committee
plans to build a suitable park for children's amusement.
SWIMMING POOL
A swimming pool with appropriate facilities is also included in the future expansion plan.
PRESENT SITUATION
You all know that in Nepal hardly anything worth its money is developed outside Kathmandu valley.
However, the local people, corporations, industries and the Hetauda Municipality all have worked together for the first time
in this inspiring project. They have already invested something around Rs 120,000 to Rs 150,000 to this date.
Despite the obvious lack of adequate infrastructures such as picnic shades, paved trails, drinking water facilities, the daily visitors count
ranges from 100 to 200. On weekends and other off-days, the number is anything between 1,500 to 2,000. This has been an encouraging aspect of this
park--a good omen for its potentials. Further development would attract internal as well as external tourists. This would be a great way to honor and
show gratitude to our martyrs. So hopes the people who initiated this effort.
WHAT CAN WE DO??
So what can we do? Those of us who are thousounds of miles across the seas. We definitely owe some gratitude to
the martyrs, needless to say. When I read about this, I was truely moved. First thing I decided was to make a page and put
it on the World Wide Web and inform all the Nepalese who still take interest in the development of the land we grew up in, or
feel affiliation with, no matter what.
The other step I would like to take is see if we can raise some fund from Nepalese abroad to contribute to this project.
No matter how small our contribution, remember it is going to be many folds more because of the exchange rate and all.
I would just like to have a feed back on this effort from those who visit this site, and are interested to do something about it. If the reaction is positive, we'll go ahead and
add another page to acknowledge the donors and the amount each has contribited generously to this worthy cause. I will try to contact the peple who are working on this project
and let them know about this attempt to be part of their nobel effort. When I hear from them, I will update this site.
I am not its spokesperson, nor do I have any self-interest in this. When I got the brochure about this effort, I wanted to contribite in some way and I am trying to find if there are
some other people who feel the same way.
Thank you all for visiting!
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Suren Shakya
email: suren.shakya@mailcity.com
phone: (915) 947 5887
