Journalist Association of Tourism – Nepal (JAT) in association with Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) had organized a day tour visit to heritage sites of Kathmandu on 1st June 2015. The main mission of this visit was to get actual damages information of all heritage sites. The visiting team was comprised of Journalists and media persons, NTB Board members and staffs, DG of Department of Archeology, Presidents of different Associations and Tourism Entrepreneurs. NTB premises was the assembly point. Visit started from NTB at 7:30 am and reached Swoyambhu and then Bouddhanath, Pashupatinath and Bhaktapur.
After the survey the damages that came into notice was 30% damage in Swoyambhunath, 15% in Pashupatinath and 25% in Bhaktapur Durbar Square and no damage was found in Boudhanath Stupa.