Thapathali squatters thwart another eviction

Kathmandu Metropolitan City met with stiff resistance as it tried to tear down Bagmati riverside squatter huts.

For the past one month, seven-year-old Merina Rana Magar, who lives in a squatter settlement in Paurakhi Tole, Thapathali, has been asking her father, Min Kumar, every single day before leaving for school: “What will happen if our house is demolished, where will we go?