Inaruwa Municipality Launches Drive to Clear Highway Encroachments

Sunsari. The office of Inaruwa Municipality, which also serves as the district headquarters, has begun clearing encroached areas along the footpaths of the East-West Highway.

Inaruwa Municipality's Chief Administrative Officer, Dilli Niraula, stated that the municipality has started removing structures, construction materials, and shops built within the standards of the East-West Highway. He noted that the municipality's bulldozer was deployed after repeated notices to remove the encroachments were ignored.

The municipality had issued a seven-day notice on Chait 5 requesting the clearance of the encroached areas. Mayor Kedar Bhandari stated that after the office's notice was disregarded, the municipality launched its own campaign to clear the encroached road sections.

Mayor Bhandari explained that the removal of structures, scrap materials, and construction goods within the highway standards began following complaints that the encroachment from Inaruwa Bus Chowk to Sukhuwagachhi—including unauthorized scrap businesses and stored construction materials—was causing traffic issues and creating an eyesore. Locals have demanded that Inaruwa Municipality continue this initiative.

Locals have also requested that the municipality clear the Inaruwa market area, where shops and construction materials are obstructing the roads.