Due to the fire, all the documents, furniture, computers, electronic equipment and other materials of the Provincial Assembly were destroyed.
The sixth session of the second term of the Karnali Provincial Assembly ended on July 21. Karnali state government had prepared to convene another session after Dasain-Tihar as always.
But on August 24, during the movement led by Jen-G, the Provincial Assembly Secretariat was set on fire and vandalized. Because of this, it is now limited to regular and administrative work only.
Due to the fire, all documents, furniture, computers, electronic equipment and other materials of the state assembly have been destroyed. "Parliament session is not going on now, only regular administrative work is being done from some remaining buildings," said Madan Khadka, legal officer of the Provincial Assembly Secretariat, "There is a problem to call the Parliament session immediately in this structure due to the huge damage." According to him, the technical evaluation and cleaning of the damaged buildings, rooms and materials are currently being done.
Among the 23 blocks of the Karnali State Assembly, the assembly hall, secretariat, meeting hall, three parliamentary party offices, and two thematic committee buildings have been completely destroyed. It was built with the help of the Japanese government in 2052 with the help of nearly 5 million rupees. The buildings constructed for the then Midwest Educational Training Center were transferred to the State Assembly in February 2074.
The Karnali Provincial Assembly held its meeting from this building for the first time on February 12, 2074. Civic leader Durga Prasad Sapkota said that the state assembly building is a model of traditional style architecture. "All the houses have been covered with large stones," he said, "if the sunlight enters the rooms of all the buildings, the buildings are only up to two stories." "Once it is agreed that how many buildings need to be repaired or how much needs to be reconstructed, the provincial government will allocate the budget accordingly," he said.
