Locals, including Bindavasini Kansakar, had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court demanding protection of their homes and property during the road expansion.
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The Supreme Court has ordered the withdrawal of the case file in the road expansion dispute in the Hetauda market area.
The joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Binod Sharma and Shant Singh Thapa held on Monday ordered the collection of the files of the decisions related to the road expansion as the file requested earlier was not received, informed Supreme Court Information Officer Nirajan Pandey.
The next hearing of the case has been scheduled for Magh 18. Locals including Bindabasini Kansakar had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court demanding protection of their houses and property during the road expansion.
In the case registered against the Division Road Office, Hetauda, Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City, and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, a single bench of Justice Meghraj Pokharel had issued a 'show cause order' in the name of the defendants on November 19.
The Supreme Court had also issued a 'short-term interim order' not to proceed with the road expansion work immediately. Despite repeated requests to discuss the continuation of the same order and the interim order, it has been listed as 'not allowed to be seen' and 'not allowed to be seen' for the sixth time.
According to the plan to widen the 25-meter road in Hetauda Bazaar, houses and huts in the market area were demolished on November 20. Locals including Kansakar have approached the Supreme Court against the project. The writ petitioners in the case have been arguing that personal property should not be damaged without proper compensation and legal process.
On November 20, the Division Road Office demolished more than 500 houses and huts within the 9.5-kilometer road boundary from Ratomate to Buddha Chowk to Rapti Bridge (Mahendra Highway) and from Buddha Chowk to Chowkitol (Tribhuvan Highway) in the course of the 25-25-meter road expansion in the main market area of Hetauda. The main market of Hetauda is currently in chaos due to the demolition of houses by the Division Road Office. Due to the delay in the court hearing, some businessmen are also repairing the broken shutters and are doing business.
The Road Division Office has stated that it is not in a position to proceed with the expansion and management work due to the pending case. The Road Division, Hetauda, had started the road expansion work from November 20 by removing the houses and structures built in the main market area of Hetauda for the construction of the Asian Highway.
There is a list of 234 houses and structures on the right side of the road and 297 on the left side within 25/25 yards from the center of the road to be demolished . Out of these, about 500 structures have been demolished now .
