Kathmandu Metropolitan City demolishes squatter settlements in Thapathali and Gairigaun

Kathmandu. The government deployed bulldozers on Saturday to clear two squatter settlements located in Thapathali and Gairigaun, Kathmandu.

The Metropolitan City, with the assistance of the police, demolished the settlements and reported that 89 individuals from 27 families have been relocated to temporary shelters. 

Initially, bulldozers and excavators were used to clear the settlement in Thapathali on Saturday morning. Subsequently, the police and the Kathmandu Metropolitan team arrived to demolish the squatter settlement in Gairigaun, where the clearance operation is still ongoing. 

Following the demolition of the huts, the process of relocating the squatters from both locations is underway. According to the Metropolitan City, 89 people from 27 families from both Thapathali and Gairigaun have been transported to the Sundarighat Radha Swami Satsang Ashram so far. 

Those who have become landless and homeless due to the clearing of the unmanaged settlements are being brought to Dasharath Rangasala for screening. The government has arranged temporary housing for the squatters in five locations across Kathmandu.