Kathmandu 2: The work of clearing encroached settlements on the banks of the Bagmati and its tributary rivers in the Kathmandu Valley continues on Saturday. The houses and huts on the banks of the Bishnumati and Dhobikhola in Balaju, KMC-16 are being removed today in coordination with the federal government and Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Kathmandu’s Assistant Chief District Officer Mukti Ram Rijal told RSS that the work of removing illegal structures in Swayambhu, Balaju-Gongbu Bus Park, Devinagar and others is underway.

Earlier on Friday, the government had removed settlements built encroaching public land on the banks of the river in Balkhu and Kalimati areas. So far, about 2,000 houses and huts illegally constructed on encroached government, public and private land have been removed in the Kathmandu Valley alone, Assistant Chief District Officer Rijal said.

The affected families, who have nowhere else to go, have been sent to a holding center. Officials from the Ministry of Urban Development are collecting records of landless families at the Dasharath Stadium in Tripureshwor.
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Published Time: 13:51 PM