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

(b) The objects displaced from their original location
should be reestablished at their respective original locations.
But if it is proved that the displaced objects are
subjected to lack of security, or that they have lost their
original purpose, they may be put on display at a different
location in such a manner that their relationship
with main location is expressed.
(c) In the context of objects that have lost their important
purpose from a physical or cultural perspective,
they may be replaced only if there is no other alternative.
Such objects can be kept safely and put on display at an
appropriate location with an indication of their relationship
with their original locations.
Part 5: Non-classified Monuments
(a) The restoration and rebuilding of damaged nonclassified
monuments may generally be carried out in
accordance with these Guidelines’ ‘General Provisions’
and the Guidelines (Manual?) for the Restoration and
Rebuilding of classified Monuments. However, it shall
not be obligatory to implement all provisions word for
word.
(b) Other things relating to the restoration and rebuilding
and management of damaged non-classified monuments
shall be as per the decision of the Department of
Archaeology, in coordination with the stakeholders.
Part 6: Miscellaneous
A. To be done as per Guidelines – The Department of
Archaeology itself and other institutions, with approval
from, in coordination or collaboration with the Department
of Archaeology, shall carry out the tasks relating to
the preservation, restoration, and rebuilding of monuments
damaged by the earthquake in accordance with
these Guidelines and the Manual included herewith.
B. Provision relating to the Amendment of Guidelines
– These Guidelines may be amended from time to time,
based on the experience gathered in the process of restoration
and rebuilding of damaged monuments, and in
such a manner that the main spirit of these Guidelines
is not affected.
C. Procedures may be Devised – The Department of Archaeology
may devise other procedures and implementation
methodologies, as necessary, under these Guidelines,
in order for the effective implementation of these
Guidelines, and to expand on the things contained in
these Guidelines.
D. Preservation, Restoration, and Rebuilding Manual
– “Basic Manual for the Preservation and Rebuilding
of Monuments Damaged by the Earthquake – 2072
(2016)” has been formulated for the effective implementation
of these Guidelines and to clarify the technical
aspects contained in the Guidelines. The Manual is included
herewith.
E. The Department of Archaeology’s Decision Shall
Apply – In the case of issues that are missing in these
Guidelines, or that these Guidelines have not been able
to address, the decision of the Department of Archeology
shall apply.
F. These Guidelines Shall Apply – If the things contained
in these Guidelines contradict other standards,
procedures, etc., these Guidelines shall apply. In such a
case, the Department of Archeology might also make a
special decision.
G. May set up an Expert Committee – It is possible that
these Guidelines may not address all types of problems
and complexities that will emerge in the process of restoration
and rebuilding of damaged monuments. Every
monument may have a different and unique set of problems
and complexities. In such a case, the Department
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