It’s been almost seven years since the entire nation was faced with one of its most harrowing days in its entire history. The 2015 earthquake left Nepal and its citizens in a sorry state; buildings toppled, lives lost, monuments destroyed and spirits broken. Since the tragedy, there has always been a gnawing fear in the back of the minds of the people yet they still rallied through hardships and slowly rebuilt the beautiful city, Kathmandu Valley. With iconic monuments such as the Dharahara and Rani Pokhari today rebuilt and back to its former glory, the valley’s soul still finds itself on the mend. Hanuman Dhoka compound and all its monuments still find themselves under construction to date.

Out of the 92 total monuments that were affected in the earthquake 25 monuments are still under construction, while for 17 monuments the repair hasn’t begun yet, for the rest of the 30 monuments have been renovated to completion. In conversation with Sandeep Khanal, Chief Officer of the Hanuman Dhoka Palace Supervision Committee he says, “The reason the work on 17 of the monuments haven’t even started 7 years after the incident is because these monuments are interlinked with the other monuments that are being reconstructed right now. Work on one cannot begin until the other is complete.”