A memorial is being built, at the cost of Rs 9-billion, in western Nepal's Syangja district to commemorate the valour and the scarifice made by Gorkhas in the two world wars, an official said today.
About 20 per cent work of the Gorkha Monument, a memorial of war veterans, has been completed, informed Monument Construction Committee chairperson Puran Dhoj Gurung.
The monument, along with a museum, is being constructed at Salmedanda in Fedikhola Rural Municipality of Syangja district.
Gorkha soldiers had fought the wars under the command of the British Army as per the decision of the then Rana government that ruled the country for 104 years.
Additionally, a Gorkha View Tower and an ethnic cultural village would also be comstructed, he said, adding the monument is estimated to cost Rs nine billion.
According to the official, so far, British Gorkhas have raised Rs 900 million and the Ministry of Urban Development of the Nepal Government has provided Rs 500 million for the construction.
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