Heritage conservationists plant Khari plant to make people reflect upon Tundikhel's glorious past
Kathmandu, Nov. 17 -- As part of the ongoing 'Occupy Tundikhel' campaign, heritage conservationists and the locals on Saturday planted 'Khari plant' in the eastern part of Tundikhel, symbolising the revival of the historic 'Khari tree' which holds great social, political and historical significance in the local folklore.
The symbolic protest marks a second week of the three-month-long 'Occupy Tundikhel' public campaign to reclaim the once open space from encroachers. The mass public campaign started on November 9 and people from different walks of life came to lend solidarity to the citizen-led movement.
Eighty-two-year-old botanist and conservationist Tritha Bahadur Shrestha, and coordinator of the campaign Vijay Shrestha planted sapli...
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