KVPT’s Patan Darbar Earthquake Response Campaign - Work to Date - September 2016

Part 1: General Provisions
5. Authority and Responsibility
As per the Ancient Monument Preservation Act, 2013
(1956), classified monuments fall under the direct jurisdiction
of the Department of Archaeology. Subject
to Nepal’s prevailing laws, the Department of Archaeology
may give approval to collaborate with other national
agencies or reputable national and international
institutions or individuals for restoration and rebuilding
or for carrying out that task. However, all tasks shall be
carried out in compliance with relevant Acts, Rules, and
the Procedures relating to these Guidelines, under the
supervision of the Department of Archaeology.
6. Resource Management
The Department of Archaeology shall receive and manage
all forms of assistance, including financial, technical,
and other miscellaneous assistance, meant for the
renovation, preservation, and rebuilding of monuments,
in accordance with the prevailing law. The Department
of Archaeology shall maintain a proper documentation
of the resources allocated for every heritage site, monument,
and object.
7. Damage Assessment
In the course of restoring and rebuilding the memorials
damaged by the earthquake, an assessment of the
damage caused by the earthquake to the heritage site or
objects, and to their importance, art, and architecture
should be made. The nature of damage should also be
assessed. Additionally, the impact on the living culture
of religious cultural heritage should also be assessed.
8. Restoration Priority
In the course of restoring and rebuilding the memorials
damaged by the earthquake, priority should be given to
the restoration of severely damaged monuments.
9. Documentation
It is mandatory to prepare a detailed documentation
of monuments and objects to be restored or rebuilt, in
an identifiable manner. Damaged monuments, certain
parts of monuments, and objects should be documented
in written form, or through the media of photography,
visually, sketch, and drawing, in a manner that the
monuments’ dimensions, size, and type are established
clearly.
10. Renovation and Rebuilding of Monuments to be
Based on Available Evidence
The renovation and rebuilding of the monuments damaged
by the earthquake should be carried out based on
the evidence that is obtained or available. Renovation
and rebuilding may not be carried out based on conjecture.
11. Preservation Action Plan
Any outline and plan of action for preservation work to
be carried out in the context of heritage sites, monuments,
and objects should be prepared on the basis of
detailed research and study and assessment of preservation
work carried out during various times in the past.
12. Preservation of Traditional Material and
Technology
(a) Traditional construction materials should be used,
and traditional construction technology and norms
adopted, for the restoration and rebuilding of all types
of monuments. If in the past irrelevant or non-traditional
materials, construction technology, and norms happened
to be used for the restoration or rebuilding of a
particular monument, the error can be rectified, based
on the evidence available, in the course of the current
restoration or renovation.
(b) Use of Non-traditional Construction Material and
Technology: If in the course of restoration and rebuilding
of a particular monument it is deemed that the
use of traditional construction material and traditional
technology cannot reduce seismic risk from a technical
perspective, non-traditional construction materials and
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