This page shows all the details and progress of the Euless Project.
Mar 03, 2023
Gajur was installed.
Feb 20, 2023
Newly elected BOT Chair, Mr. Ramesh Pokhrel and Finance VP, sent a joint letter to the bank for additional loan amount of $250,000. The money was needed to complete the phase1 project.
Click to view the request letter
Sep 25, 2022
The BOT meeting held today made the following decisions.
The signed decision can be found here
Sep 18, 2022
BOT meeting to decide on a new bank loan to finish the Phase1 project was canceled due to not meeting the quorum. Next meeting is scheduled for next week, Sep 25, 2022.
Aug 2, 2022
A new revised grading plan was approved by the City. The new grading plan was to speread the extra dirt in the area where the Phase2 buidlings will be constructed.
You can download the new grading plan: Click
Download most current civil plan: Click
Jul 31, 2022
Bouddha Guru along with other NCSC memebrs visited the site.
Dec 21, 2021
NCSC signed the closing documents to sell off the Irving property. The property was acquired by NCSC in 2012.
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Sep 28, 2021
Civil Contract Signed today. The copy of the contract is here: Download Contract
A contract to complete the civil work (parking, fire-lane, walking trail, landscaping, etc) was signed at 6:00 pm today.
The full set of entire civil plan is here: Download Plan
Dec 04, 2021
New Members' Appreciation Dinner was hosted at Curry Leaf restaurant in Irving. There were 2 Patrons, 12 Trustees and 83 Founding Members were recognized with their family members.
Sep 18, 2021
NCSC EC signed a legal lease contract with Himalaya Health Clinic (HHC) which also a part of Texas Nepal Medical Association. HCC (TNMA) also handed over a $10,000.00 check to NCSC to help in the build out fo the medical suite.
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Aug 29, 2021
The contractor selection committee led by VP Manoj Sigdel presented the case with the recommendation before the BOT in the meeting. THe BOT unanimously accepted and awarded the contract to Raul Sandoval.
The meeting minute can be found here: Meeting Minute
Aug 01, 2021
A call for bid for civil work was publically announced. You can find the links:
https://www.ourncsc.org/news-event.php?nid=159
https://groups.google.com/u/1/a/ourncsc.org/g/NCSC_Nepali_Temple/c/DeJOnm59ZZ0?hl=en
Jul 31, 2021
New Members' Appreciation Dinner was hosted at Curry Leaf restaurant in Irving. There were 6 Patrons, 26 Trustees and 140 Founding Members were recognized with their family members.
Jul 8, 2021
We receievd the construction permit from the TXDOT. Find below all documents related to the civil work (TXDOT and City).
Overall Civil Documents(with CAD files)
May 26, 2021
We received the approval from the City of Euless for the civil work (parking, etc) for the entire Phase1. The approval document can be found here.
We are waiting on the permit from the TXDOT now.
May 5th, 2021
A formal contract with the General Contractor for remodeling of 1212 Royal building was signed. BOT Chair Binay Aryal and GC Raul Sandoval signed the contract. Notary Srijana Sharma Pokhrel and BOT Member Niraj Shrestha were also present during the signing. The copy of the signed contract can be found here.
Apr 24, 2021
Euless project got started by installing the Construction Hoarding Board (Coming Soon...) and holding a puja in the cafeteria hall. Around 250 people showed up to witness the kick-off. We collected $68,000 cash/check that day.
Apr 15, 2021
Got building permit issued by the City of Euless. The GC, Raul Sandoval, picked up the permit today. Also, the Fire-Alarm and Sprinkler plan got fully approved. This was a separate application filed by another company. The final document was put together by the architect can be found here.
Apr 04, 2021
The second meetings of both, the BOT and the GA, approved the selling of Irving property for 1.5 million. The second meetings were called after we did not have enough quorum in the 1st meetings that were held in Mar 21, 2020. Attched are the decisions made on Apr 4th, 2021.
Mar 23, 2021
Updated civil plan was approved by the City Council. City Council docment can be found here.
Feb 12, 2021
The second meeting of the temple building sales committee was held on Feb 12, Friday. The meeting made the following unanimous decision
1. As the temple is public property. The committe has decided to keep the listing public till March 15, 2021
2. If NO higher bid is received by this date by other parties, the committee decided to accept the $1.5 million offer offered by the present tenant Mr. Sujit Pokherel.
3. The committee agreed that NCSC will pay the seller part of the closing cost. And buyer will pay buyer part of closing cost
4. The committee decided to request proposed buyer to allow NCSC to stay in the present building at least for 6 months
A response to current tennant of Payless was sent by realtor Suraj Poudel the same day in the evening.
Jan 22, 2021
The NCSC temple building sales committee's meeting was held today.
13 members of the committee were present in the meeting. The meeting unanimously made the following decisions to sell the temple.
1. The sales price of the temple would be 1.75 Million
2. The temple will be sold in "as such condition"- with no consideration to fix any existing issues or problems
3. The Gajur, front wooden gate, idols of god, goddess, chairs, desk, and/or any things that NCSC needs in the new temple are not included in this sale (we will make a complete list and pass it to the buyer)
4. The interested buyer must put $25,000 earnest money to make the offer valid
5. The interested buyer must show financial proof of at least 20% of the total offer to make the offer valid
6. The closing date would be a maximum of 90 days
7. Suraj Paudel (NCSC Founding Member) will offer his realtor service free of charge to NCSC (Many thanks)
8. The maximum commission to the buyer party would be 2%.
9. To make the sales process transparent and fair, we will post the notice of "temple building sale" on NCSC web, Facebook, etc.
and also on commercial listing sites such as loopnet. Any interested buyer parties (not limited Nepali community) can make an offer to buy the temple building.
The sales committee has started the sales process. It will keep BOT informed as the sales process progresses.
Committee Members:
Jan 17, 2021
Formation of Construction Oversight Committee for Phase1:
In the BOT meeting held today, the Contractor Selection Committee presented their analysis and recommendation of the selected General Contractor. The meeting had discussions over several attributes of remodeling and the contract terms. A full description of decision made is archived for record which can be obtained from the office of NCSC.
NCSC decided to form an internal oversight committee comprising of the following members:
Jan 12, 2021
The Contractor Selection Committee had their final meeting today. The body unanimously selected and approved Raul Sandoval Construction as the General Contractor to renovate Euless Building, 1212 Royal Pkwy, Euless, TX 76040. The team will present the case with their recommendation before the BOT meeting slated for Jan 17, 2021.
The committee has the following members.
Contractor छनौट उप-समिति
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१. मनोज सिग्देल (BOT उप - सभापति, वित्त तथा योजना) - समिति सम्योजक
२. रबिन खनाल (BOT उप - सभापति, संगठन तथा व्यवस्थापन)
३. डा. मुरली अधिकारी
४. कृष्ण लामिछाने
५. कपिल अधिकारी (वेदरफोर्ड)
६. निरज श्रेष्ठ
७. भिम कार्की, अर्भिंग
८. रबि अधिकारी (इन्जिनियर)
९. राम हरि थापा (इन्जिनियर)
Dec 19, 2020
Engineering team meeting was held to go over the interiors (walls, doors, flooring etc). The meeting also reviewed the general quote that was received from the bidders. A final list of materials, cloros/patterns and quality was prepared to share with the contractors so that we could get a more accurate estimate.
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Dec 7, 2020
A formal committee was formed for valuation and selling Irving property of NCSC. Thye following email was sent to all BOT members.
Respected BOT members and Patrons,
After receiving several communications, we have expanded and prepared the final list of members who will serve on the committee that will be responsible for completing the sale of the Irving property of NCSC. We have tried our best to include experienced people in the area. We plan on starting the Euless phase2 project as soon as we sell Irving property.
Committee Members
Special Invitees
Responsibility of the committee:
Sep13
A request for Proposals to build the 1st Phase of the EULESS Project was made public.
Click to downlaid the request document
https://www.ourncsc.org/news-event.php?nid=135
Sep 5, 2020
A group of medical professionals led by Dr Sanjeeb Shrestha visited the site. The visit was organized by TNMA (Texas Nepal Medical Association). Among the visitors were TNMA executive team members Pramesh Shrestha and Lila Shrestha. The purpose of the visit was to get familiar with the proposed Medical suite and its components.
From left, Lila Shrestha (TNMA Executive Office Director), Dr. Dipesh Bista (TNMA Treasure), Bikashjung Thapa (Health Camp Director), Rajkumar Shrestha (Himalaya Health Clinic Director), Dr. Sanjeeb Shrestha (TNMA President & NCSC Patron), Binay Aryal (NCSC Chairperson-Board of Trustees), Dr. Sandeep Pandey (TNMA Life Time Member), RN. Kamala Adhikari (TNMA Nursing Director), Pramesh Shrestha (TNMA Publication Director)
Aug 25, 2020
City approved the Building permit application. Phase1 designed document was approved by the City of Euless yesterday. Approved design can be downloaded from this link: Click Here
We sent the following email to the BOTs to inform about the approval and also proposed a contractor selection committee.
आदरणिय ट्रस्टीज्यु हरू,
विश्वव्यापी संक्रमण रुपमा रहेको कोभिड-१९ को विषम परिस्थितिमा पनि Euless Project को अनुमति लिनका लागि गरिएको हाम्रो निरन्तर प्रयास स्वरूप Euless Project Phase1 निर्माणार्थ दिएको permit application स्वीकृत भएको कुरा अबगत गराउन पाउदा हामीलाई निकै खुशी लागेको छ | अब हामी General Contractor छान्ने प्रकृयामा लाग्ने छौं|
Zoning change गर्न City of Euless ले बोलाएको PublicHearing (March २४) बाट भएका कयौं ईमेल तथा फोन संपर्कबाट Permit लिन लामो समय लागे पनि अन्त्यमा सफल भएका छौं। यसका लागी हाम्रो ईन्जिनियरिंग टीमबाट भएको अतुलनिय सहयोगको लागि Team lead रवि अधिकारीज्यु लगायत सम्पूर्ण Engineering टीमलाई NCSC BOT धन्यवाद व्यक्त गर्न चाहन्छ | साथै, हाम्रो ईन्जिनियरिंग फर्म Artec ले City of Euless को आवश्यकताहरू पूरा गर्न वास्तवमै कडा परिश्रम गर्यो| त्यसका लागि Artec team लाई पनि धन्यबाद दिन चाहन्छौं|
निर्माणको कार्य संचालन गर्न कम्तिमा हामी ३ Quotations लिने छौं। न्युनतम मूल्यलाई मध्य नजर राखि विश्वासिलो तथा उपयुक्त लागेको firm लाई Contract दिनु पर्ने भएकोले यदि तपाईको जानकारीमा कुनै General Contractor छ भने कृपया हामीलाई उनीहरूको सम्पर्क पठाई सहयोग गर्नुहोला । हामी उनीहरूलाई आवश्यक पर्ने सम्पूर्ण निर्माण कागजात उपलब्ध गराउनेछौं। सो सबै कार्य संपन्न लागि हामी (BOT अफिसरहरू) निम्न सदस्यहरू सहितको एक समिति प्रस्ताव गर्न चाहन्छौं। यदि तपाईहरूको कुनै सुझाव छ भने कृपया हामीलाई बिहीबार मध्यरातमा सम्ममा पठाउनु हुन अनुरोध गरिन्छ।
Contractor छनौट उप-समिति
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१. मनोज सिग्देल (BOT उप - सभापति, वित्त तथा योजना) - समिति सम्योजक
२. रबिन खनाल (BOT उप - सभापति, संगठन तथा व्यवस्थापन)
३. डा. मुरली अधिकारी
४. कृष्ण लामिछाने
५. कपिल अधिकारी (वेदरफोर्ड)
६. निरज श्रेष्ठ
७. भिम कार्की, अर्भिंग
८. रबि अधिकारी (इन्जिनियर)
९. राम हरि थापा (इन्जिनियर)
धन्यवाद्
-विनय अर्याल
BOT अध्यक्ष
Nepalese Cultural and Spiritual Center (NCSC)
2016 W. Grauwyler Rd, Irving, TX, 75061
Ph: 972-986-7779 (NCSC Office) / 972-793-2157 (Cell)
E-Mail: admin@ourncsc.org
http://ourncsc.org
Apr 01-Apr05, 2020
Final floor plan for 1212 Royal Pkwy building was shared with the engineering/construction and Planning/Strategy/Design team.
The same document with minor updates were shared with the BOT and the community, on Apr 05, 2020, in order to get their view.
Due to Corona Virus Pandemic, we are not able to conduct any physical meeting. The floor plan may get slightly changed once the Architect starts preparing the construction document.
Click to view/download the latest floor plan.
Mar 24, 2020
The public hearing of the City Council on our case (Case Number 20-01-PD Nepali Cultural Center) for Zone change was held yesterday. The Council approved our application for getting the Zone changed to PD (Planned Development) - equivalent to SUP (Specific Use Permit). This was the last public hearing that City was supposed to hold on our application. It cleared our way to start the construction process now.
Our next step would be to start the remodeling process for the newly purchased 1212 building and also build the additional parking lot (70) to cater to the requirement for bringing the building into the operation soon.
Mar 03, 2020
Planning & Zoning Department held a public hearing on our application to get the zone changed from commercial to PD (Plan Development). The motion was unanimously approved by the committee. The committee sent the recommendation to the Council meeting. Another public hearing with City Councils has been scheduled for Mar 24th, 2020. Once the committee of city councilors approves the agenda, we can start the remodeling and construction work for Phase1.
The following folks attended the P & Z public hearing.
Dec 18, 2019
NCSC closed the loan for the building 1212 Royal Pkwy, Euless. There were 13 loan guarantors. Gouri Joshi is missing in the picture as he went to sign the document a little earlier than the scheduled time of 3:30 PM at Patel Law Group in Las Colinas, Irving, Texas. Dr Mohan Adhikari was not on the guarantors' list. He just came over to help us with other items at the title company. Suraj Poudel was our realtor who helped us throughout the purchasing process. Basu Bhandari dai had brought home-made Barfi. It was a memorable moment.
List of loan Guarantors
1. Binay K Aryal (BOT Chairperson)
2. Manoj Sigdel (BOT Vice Chairperson - Investment, Planning and Finance)
3. Rabin Khanal (BOT Vice Chairperson - Organization and Management)
4. Suresh C Pokhrel (BOT Member and Executive Committee President)
5. Krishna P Lamichhane (BOT Member)
6. Gouri R Joshi (BOT Member and Patron)
7. Dr. Murali Adhikari (BOT Member)
8. Kapil D Adhikari (BOT Member)
9. Basu Dev Bhandari (BOT Member)
10. Amod Shrestha (BOT Member)
11. Bal K Joshi (BOT Member)
12. Bhet L Gamal (Ram) (BOT Member)
13. Shailendra K Manandhar (BOT Member)
Nov 15, 2019
An original contract was signed with the Architect firm, (Artec Integrated Solution).
Sep 07, 2019
Mar 31, 2019
Held BOT appreciation dinner at Gurkha Restaurant. We received additional pledges equivalent for $400,215.00 from several BOTs (single member) who expressed their desire to move up to Honorable BOT (both spouses) level. WE also received pledges from Foundig Members who wanted to move up to BOT level. We received pledges from 49 people and one group of generous ladies led by our active community member Mrs Mala Mahat Lamicchane. This group donated a total of $10,000.
Feb 23, 2019
Jan 20, 2019
Committees formed by the 1st meeting of the steering committee on Sep 16, 2018:
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Steering Committee |
Planning/Strategy/Design |
Engn./Construction |
Fundraise |
Financial Mgmt |
City Coordination |
Media/Publicity |
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Chair: Ramesh Pokhrel |
Chair: Dr Murali Adhikari |
Chair: Rabi Adhikari |
Chair: Krishna Lamichhane |
Chair: Chhabi Chapagain |
Chair: Samir Gyawali |
Chair: Suresh Pokhrel |
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Co-ordinator: Binay Aryal |
Co-ordinator: Manoj Sigdel |
Ajay Bagale |
Co-ordinator: Bal Joshi |
Smriti Karki |
Basu Shrestha |
Bal Joshi |
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All Board of Trustees |
Baikuntha Thapa |
Bhuwan Giri |
Badri Karki |
Madhav Sharma |
Bhanu Kharel |
Bikash Neupane |
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All NCSC Executive Members |
Bal Joshi |
Jyoti Ojha |
Balram Poudel |
Prem Sahi |
Bharat Aryal |
Hom Lamsal |
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Achut Thapa |
Basudeb Bhandari |
Keshab Shrestha |
Bhakta Bhandari |
Deepak Silwal |
Dr Sandesh Regmi |
Kishan Regmi |
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Amarnath Sah |
Binay Aryal |
Manjeeta Sitaula Thapa |
Bharat Aryal |
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Prabhat Dixit |
Lekhnath Goutam |
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Amod Shrestha |
Chhabi Chapagain |
Sunil Goutam |
Bhuwan Acharya |
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Srijana Pokhrel |
Ram Chnadra Bhatta |
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Baburam Devkota |
Dinesh Sharma |
Surya Nath Bhandari |
Bikash Upreti |
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Subarna Pokhrel |
Sanjay Ghimre |
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Badal Bhujel |
Dr Prem Adhikari |
Thalraj Pant |
Binay Aryal |
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Tika Poudel |
Suraj Bhandari |
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Bandana Bista |
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Binita Lamichhane |
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Surya Thapa |
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Bashu Shrestha |
Kapil Adhikari (Weatherford) |
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Bir Bahadur Balayar |
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Batuk Bista |
Krishna Lamichhane |
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Chinta Baral |
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Bed Basnet |
Makar Bajracharya |
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Dhananjay Dhakal |
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Bhakta Bhandari |
Manoj Sigdel |
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Dr Murali Adhikari |
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Bhesh Raj Shiwakoti |
Prakash Goutam |
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Gokarna Dahal |
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Bhim Karki (Plano) |
Rabin Khanal |
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Gouri Joshi |
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Bhoj B Blayar |
Ram C Pokhrel |
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Gyanendra Karki |
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Bhuwan Giri |
Sita Sapkota |
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Haribol Bhandari |
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Bijay Bhattarai |
Suraj Poudyal |
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Kamal Ojha |
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Bikash Neupane |
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Kamal Sapkota |
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Bikash Upreti |
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Kapil Adhikari (Weatherford) |
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Binita Lamichhane |
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Kedar Tmilasina |
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Binod Tiwari |
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Makar Bajracharya |
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Binod Yogi |
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Manoj Sigdel |
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Deepak Ghimire |
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Ram C Pokhrel |
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Deepak Kharel |
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Ram Gamal |
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Deepak Silwal |
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Santosh Bista |
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Dharma Ghimire |
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Santosh Choudhary |
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Dr Sandesh Regmi |
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Satish Ojha |
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Govinda Shrestha |
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Shailendra Manandhar |
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Gyanendra Karki |
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Sita Sapkota |
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Hom Lamsal |
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Soyambhu Shakya |
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Ira Acharya |
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Sudip Adhikari |
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Jeevan Joshi |
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Sudip Basnyat |
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Jyoti Ojha |
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Suman Thapa |
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Kamal Ojha |
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Suraj Dhungana |
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Kedar KC |
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Suresh Pokhrel |
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Keshav Lamichhane |
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Tapam Pyakurel |
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Kushal Gyawali |
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Tika Poudel |
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Lekhnath Goutam |
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Ujjwal Khatri |
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Madhav Sharma |
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Mahendra Poudel |
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Mala Mahat (lamichhane) |
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Mani Bhandari |
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Manjeeta Sitaula |
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Nagendra Yogi |
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Narayan KC |
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OM Bhattarai |
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Pradeep Timilsina |
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Pradip Giri |
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Rabi Adhikari |
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Ram Chandra Bhatta |
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Ram Raj Pokhrel |
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Samir Gyawali |
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Sanjay Ghimire |
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Santosh Bista |
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Santosh Chaudhary |
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Satish Ojha |
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Shiva Kafle |
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Smriti Karki |
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Soyambhu Shakya |
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Subarna Pokhrel |
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Sudip Adhikari |
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Sudip Basnyat |
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Suman Kaji |
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Suman Thapa |
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Sumiran Sapkota |
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Suneel Sah |
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Sunil Goutam |
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68 |
Sunil Lacoul |
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69 |
Suraj Bhandari (Journalist) |
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70 |
Surya Nath Bhandari |
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71 |
Surya Thapa |
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72 |
Tapan Pyakuryal |
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73 |
Tara Bhusal |
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74 |
Tika Paudel |
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75 |
Ujjawal Khatri |
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