September 28, 2026, Monday
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Damage worth 1 billion in the metropolis alone during the Genji movement

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Biratnagar. During the Genji movement, Biratnagar Metropolitan City's physical structure and other goods were damaged to the tune of nearly 1 billion rupees. According to Mayor Nagesh Koirala, there has been damage to the physical structure worth Rs.233758,234. Which is a description of the damage caused in Ward No. 1 to 12 and Ward No. 19, including the administrative building of the metropolis.

In the same way, the metropolis has reported a loss of Rs. 75 crore 25 lakh 63 thousand 485 rupees in terms of civil materials such as excavators, hearses, motorcycles, generators, computers, furniture, etc. Mayor Koirala said that it will take time to get the full details of the damage as it has to be collected ward wise. This is a description of physical and material damage. The biggest loss is that the important documents of the people were burnt and destroyed," he said. The documents of other divisions and branches were also burnt. All those documents were related to the people.

98 crore 63 lakh 21 thousand 719 rupees have been damaged including physical structures and goods. This will surely affect the development of the metropolis. Mayor Koirala said that it will take some more time for the metropolis to grow. He said that there was no shortage in service delivery. Ward No. 1 to 12 and Ward No. 19 were burnt down along with the administrative building of the metropolis during the Genji movement on August 24. When the administrative building was set on fire, most of the divisions were destroyed.

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