Squatter settlements on Bagmati riverbanks razed as residents await an uncertain future

Evicted families taken to Dasharath Stadium and other designated sites for temporary accommodation.

Inside Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu on Saturday, a municipal police officer told landless squatters evicted from the Thapathali riverbank settlement: “Those going to Kirtipur carry nothing except bedding and clothes. Leave everything else where it is.”