Posted by: gwajyo December 25, 2005
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A chopper carrying Mr. Crown Prince gave some unforgetful moments to Pokhara residents. Royal chopper blows 4 roofs away POST REPORT POKHARA, Dec 23 - A chopper's downwash blew away the corrugated iron roofing of at least four houses at Lakeside, Pokhara Friday and broke the window glass at another building. The chopper that came here to fly Crown Prince Paras back to Kathmandu caused the damage while approaching via the residential area to land at Ratna Mandir helipad. "It was so close we felt it would touch our house," said Lalita Timalsena, a hotel entrepreneur behind Ratna Mandir, where the Crown Prince had been staying for the past one week. Window glass at her guest house was broken when hit by a neighbor's roofing. The most affected in the area are shops belonging to Man Bahadur BK, Keshav Gautam, Man Kaji BK and Shiva Kumar Singh. Readymade garments and other goods in the shops swirled out onto the street. Army personnel helped the locals restore their damaged roofs after the Crown Prince returned to Kathmandu. A child, Laxmi Gautam, daughter of Keshav Gautam, received minor injury when a flying roofing sheet hit her leg. http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=60865
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