Over 1,200 structures demolished in Kathmandu Valley for encroaching on public land

Kathmandu. One thousand two hundred and seventy-two houses and structures built by encroaching on government and public land have been demolished in four locations in the Kathmandu Valley. A government team, in coordination with Nepal Police, Armed Police Force Nepal, and the Metropolitan Police of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, demolished illegally constructed houses and structures on Saturday and Sunday in Thapathali, Gaairigaun-Baneshwor and Jadibuti in Kathmandu, and in the Manohara area of Bhaktapur.

Police data shows a total of 1,650 houses and structures in these four locations. Central Police Spokesperson Abinarayan Kafle informed that 15 concrete houses in the Gaairigaun-Sinamangal area and 365 houses and structures in Manohara settlement (Bhaktapur) are yet to be demolished.