Kathmandu, May 21
Lalitpur Metropolitan City has directed local school authorities to halt the construction of a building near the ‘historic’ Saptapatal pond in Lagankhel.
Stating the even the Supreme Court has ordered the conservation of the pond, Mayor of Lalitpur Chiribabu Maharjan informed that the metropolis has directed Namuna Machchhindra Secondary School not to construct buildings near the pond.
Experts have said that the water in the pond should be refilled as various stone taps and wells are connected to it and receive water from the pond. Locals claim that the pond should be conserved as it was built during the Lichchhavi era.
