The Narayanhiti building should now be turned into a museum of the ancient Shah dynasty. Part of the building could be used as a public library. The grounds should be turned into a public park and the gates should be kept open 24 hours per day. Gyanendra can move back to his own home in Maharajgung. Nothing should be removed from the Narayanhiti when he moves. He can take his toothbrush.

i like the idea.

i think they should turn it onto a memorial for the Royals who were killed...
And should have this huge gold pillar (made using all the jewllery owned by the current royal family, and on it, they should engrave a formal apology for falsely blaming king Deependra for the events of the night of june 1. let the world know that Deependra sarkar was innocent...

i seriously think they should apologize...although they're all long gone..its a good way to commemorate them and pay respect to deependra and help clean up his image.

wish birendra, dipendra, aishwairya and shruti were still around...

Attached is a photo from July 2002 that gives a sense of just how large a fraction of the green space in central Kathmandu is occupied by the compound that Mahendra had sold to the government but continued to occupy. I agree that it would be very suitable for a new national library, museum, and public park.

Once this is taken care of... we should think of good uses of the second major green space within the Ring Road occupied by the army in Chhauni. As the city's population continues to grow the role of green spaces will be increasingly important for the public.

Where did you find this picture?
Are there more pictures like this at some link?

Care, it is one of many air photos of Kathmandu that I took while flying to and from Kathmandu. If there is enough demand I will try to upload a few more.

no way that is ktm photo, so many green lands forget it dude..

you are totally making it up

Arnico le kahaan ko picture taasera ktm banaidiyo. maile last dekhdaa ta ktm yesto green thiyena. k bho? 5 barsamai swargadwari bhai sake chha ni haamro ktm ta.

lou raamrai bhayechha

loote

Guys,
Look at the Ranipokhari at the middle right side of the picuture and from there you can relate everything. Narayanhiti is on the boottom of the picture and tundikhel is near top portion of the picture along with DashaRath STadium. Another large green complex is Singha Durbar which is right side.

Kathmandu is not a bad place to live, just remove this gyane and pare and corrupted leaders

Arnico,

Certainly, additional pictures would be highly appreciated. So whats becoming of the land now? Is it just sitting there? Library bhanda pani, dont you think it should be left as parks, since Ktm is seriously lacking such green areas? Khoi, just a thought -

It is Kathmandu in July, when every unbuilt space is full of weeds...

Kathmandu IS that green... but you'd never know it when you travel on the roads because most of the green space is hidden behind tall walls... inside Narayanhiti, Singhadurbar, Keshar Mahal, Fohra durbar, Army headquarter, Election Commission, Bhrikuti Mandap, Royal Nepal Academy, Hotel Yak and Yeti, etc.

The Tundikhel is in the right middle ground of the picture... it is only a small fraction of the green space that could potentially be available to the public.

Brilliant Brunette: I was NOT suggesting converting green space into libraries/museums, but to use existing buildings for that. Sorry I was not clear.

Babal picture!!! You can just imagine the size of Narayanhiti Durbar by looking at this picture. It covers a space equivalent to about 10 dasrath rangasala. just imagine what all can be done by using that much space!!!

Here is a winter view in January 1996:

Here is one of Baneswor in July 2005:

A 1999 photo of Narayanhiti. Apologies for the bad quality of the scan.

Patan in the foreground (June 2005).

One place that HAS lots of room to grow is TU's Kirtipur campus:

Three more pictures of central Kathmandu from the same day as the first picture I posted:

(1) Kathmandu city center:

(2) Singhadurbar:

(3) Patan city center.

[last one for today]

If there is enough interest I can put a lot more Nepal air photos onto a website...