Government Evicts Over 1,600 Families in Kathmandu Valley to Clear Encroachments

Kathmandu. The government has evicted residents from three main areas, removing encroachments along riverbanks and protecting public property to make the Kathmandu Valley 'beautiful'. For three days starting Saturday, bulldozers were used mercilessly in these settlements. Temporary structures that had encroached on riverbanks and public land for a long time were removed.

According to the Kathmandu administration, a total of 1,668 landless families have been successfully evicted from four areas as of Tuesday evening. Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Ishwarraj Poudel, stated that the largest number, 773 families, were relocated from the Manohara area. The government claims that the presence of families living in this area for years has been adversely affecting the natural flow of the river and the surrounding environment.