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The
Kathmandu
Metropolitan
City
has
decided
to
build
a
temporary
park
in
Tinkune
after
its
earlier
attempt
to
construct
a
permanent
park
with
the
statue
of
Buddha
failed
to
materialise.
The
KMC
has
removed
the
corrugated
zinc
sheets
that
were
installed
to
fence
the
area
in
2014
in
view
of
the
18th
Saarc
Summit.
The
KMC’s
earlier
plan
of
building
a
green
park
in
the
area
had
hit
a
snag
after
failed
negotiations
with
land
owners
regarding
compensation.
“We
will
come
up
with
a
new
plan
to
build
bigger
and
attractive
infrastructure
after
we
sort
out
the
issues
related
to
compensation.
But
for
now
we
will
build
a
temporary
park
there,”
said
Ishwor
Poudel,
chief
and
executive
officer
of
the
KMC.
The
KMC
will
spend
around
Rs
6
million
to
build
the
park,
said
Gyanendra
Karki,
spokesperson
for
the
metropolis.
A
little
over
50
ropanis
of
land
in
Tinkune—on
the
way
to
the
airport—has
remained
unused
for
the
last
two
decades
for
various
reasons
and
was
being
used
to
park
trucks
and
buses.
It
also
used
to
serve
as
a
place
for
many
to
practise
driving.
Last
year,
Rudra
Singh
Tamang,
former
chief
and
executive
officer
of
the
KMC,
had
come
up
with
an
ambitious
plan
of
constructing
a
16-metre
tall
Buddha
statue
in
the
space
and
announced
an
outlay
of
Rs
1.2
billion
for
the
project.
But
it
was
not
the
first
time
a
park
was
being
planned
in
the
area.
In
2012,
the
Ministry
of
Federal
Affairs
and
Local
Development
had
allocated
Rs
10
million
to
build
a
park
there.
The
compensation
issue
over
the
land
has
been
going
on
for
years.
According
to
KMC
officials,
over
Rs
100
million
has
been
disbursed
for
21
ropanis
of
land.
The
government
had
acquired
the
land
in
1976
with
a
promise
to
compensate
the
owners.
The
process
to
hand
over
compensation,
however,
started
only
in
2005,
but
by
that
time
the
price
of
land
in
the
Capital
had
already
sky-rocketed,
which
led
to
disputes
over
the
compensation
amount.
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