Central jail of Ktm preparing to move to Nuwakot

With more damages being rendered to the Kathmandu- based Central Jail by the major earthquake and series of aftershocks, preparations are underway to move the central prison to Nuwakot. Works related to this are set to move ahead following the tabling of proposal by the Prison Management Department. Director General of the Department Himnath Dawadi informed that the proposal sought for construction of a temporary central prison in Nuwakot with capacity to house at least 500 inmates for the time-being. He also said that with a lot of other prison infrastructures along with the central jail damaged due to the earthquake and aftershocks, efforts were on to provide safe residential structures for the inmates be it by adopting temporary measures. Though the government had already decided to shift the central jail to Bidur Municipality, Ward. no. 6, Chandipokhari- Khampa Camp before this, relative works had not been able to take pace.