We need a national outlook to solve the problem of street vendors

There is a fundamental question: Why can’t we accommodate human beings while we are ready to accommodate vehicles?

Scenes of Kathmandu city police driving away street vendors, snatching away their goods and even beating them have become common. Separately, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has also time and again tried to remove squatters through force. The City is evidently struggling to achieve its goals. The Post ’s Thira Lal Bhusal sat with President of Regional and Urban Planners’ Society of Nepal, Mahendra Subba, for some insights into these perennial urban problems. Subba has a doctorate in town and regional planning from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.