Kathmandu, Feb 8: Property worth around five million rupees was gutted in fire occurred at the Ministry of Water Supply, Singha Durbar this morning.
The office room of Minister for Water Supply, Pradeep Yadav, caught fire at 8:35 am. Two television sets, one desktop, computer as well as furniture were destroyed in the fire.
Joint-Secretary at the Ministry, Ramakant Duwadi, said the fire destroyed property worth five million was gutted. The actual details of the loss of the property are not been received yet. Reason behind the fire has not been ascertained and police have been carrying out investigation into the case.
However, the documents of the Ministry were not damaged in the fire. Three rooms including the office of Minister Yadav suffered damages in the incident.
