Concluding that the buildings housing the PMO and several miniseries are unsafe to work from, a meeting of top bureaucrats had decided to relocate some ministries to safer buildings and adjust other offices within ministries that sustained relatively less damage.

“The relocation process has already begun. Sunday onwards, the PMO will operate from its new venue,” said PMO Secretary Prem Kumar Rai.

The main Singha Durbar building where PMO is housed has multiple cracks and a technical team has advised the government to immediately relocate PMO to a safer place. “That’s why we are relocating to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) and this office needs renovation,” Rai said.

The MoFALD was chosen keeping its high quake resistance capacity and a numerous meeting halls for the head of the government and chief secretary.

As the roof of the PMO has been severely damaged and could collapse any time, the road to the west of Singha Durbar where the building is located has been declared off-limits for vehicles and pedestrians.

Likewise, the building of the Peace Ministry will also house Ministry of Law, Justice and Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs.

As per government decision, the Ministry of Youth and Sports will use some rooms of the Water and Energy Secretariat while the National Planning Commission will carry out its activities from some rooms at the Printing Department inside Singha Durbar. Meanwhile, the Law Commission will also be relocated to the previous Office of the Army Integration Special Committee in Baneshwor. Similarly, the Public Procurement Monitoring Office is sharing some rooms of the Auditor General’s Office in Baneshwor.

“Now onwards, there will be no single room for senior officials, including joint secretary, as they have to share rooms,” said Gopi Khanal, joint-secretary at the Local Development Ministry.