Interest in riverside structures, task force to study

Under the coordination of Padam Kumar Mainali, joint secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development, the working group formed on August 16 has prepared to submit its report by next Tuesday (August 25). "An 89-page order has been issued by the Supreme Court focusing on the decisions made by the government and court orders for about 25 years from 2055 to 2080 regarding the issue of construction of structures on the river bank," said Working Group Coordinator Mainali. .'

2065 The cabinet meeting on November 1 decided that structures cannot be built within 20 meters of Wagmati, Bishnumati and Manohara shores. The Supreme Court issued an order on December 3, saying that no structure can be built up to 40 meters along the river bank with an additional 20 meters, the full text of which came last July. With the publication of the full text of the mandate, Kathmandu Metropolitan City issued a public notice on July 30 to implement it. After the notification was issued by the metropolis, there is a debate on the matter.

Kathmandu Metropolis has also said that it will coordinate the implementation of the recommendations of the task force. "The task force studied and suggested that the metropolis is the implementing body, the role of the metropolis is coordinating," said Bhupadev Shah, personal secretary of the head of the Kathmandu metropolis Balendra Shah, "The metropolis has published information to inform the public. But there was no plan to mislead the public other than the order given by the court.'

In the notification of the metropolis, it was said that the structure should not be built on the land in addition to the previously specified distance of 20 meters from the left and right side of the river measured on the map. Sunita Dangol, deputy head of the metropolis, and members of the executive committee objected to this information. Chief's personal secretary Shah says that the controversy is being created now due to the shortcomings made in the past. They say, 'The law we made yesterday is to blame. Because if common sense had been adopted yesterday, there would have been no need to go into this kind of controversy today.' On that basis, on November 1, 2065, the Council of Ministers decided the distance that should be maintained from the side where the survey map of the river is maintained. According to the decision of the Council of Ministers, 20 meters on the banks of Wagmati, Bishnumati River and Manohara, 12 meters on Nakhkhu river, 10 meters on Balkhu Karmanasa, Koiku, Sangle and Mahadev rivers, the distance according to plan at Dhobikhola project site and 9 meters on others, 6 meters on Karkhusi river. The matching criteria were fixed.

The main points of the Supreme Court order

The Supreme Court issued a 7-point order in the name of the local governments of the three districts of the valley to 'control pollution and remove encroachment' in Bagmati and its tributary Kanar on December 3. This, the full text of which came out last July. After 12 years of hearing two separate petitions filed by the Consumer Protection Forum in 2068, the bench of Justices Anand Mohan Bhattarai and V Nod Sharma issued 7 orders in the name of the local government of the valley. The main points of the decree are as follows:

- In view of the high level of annual floods in Bagmati and its tributaries, the government of Nepal decided to leave land on the right and left side of the river in 2065 Mans-R 1. In the case of all the rivers, except for the distance, to leave at least another 20 meters on the right and left, and to provide permission for construction, and to remove the structures built by trespassing on the government land within that distance 20 meters from Na-Ranay to Wagmati, Va-Shnumati River and Manohara River, 12 meters to Nakhkhu River, 10 meters to Balkhu, Karmanasa, Koiku, Sangle and Mahadev Rivers, distance as per plan at Dhobi Khola project site and 9 meters to others. m-meter, the criteria to be taken for construction by maintaining a distance of 6 meters in Karkhusi River was not determined)

- In the case of a river or stream, if the boundary is not set, then the minimum 20 meter boundary should not be maintained from the river to the right and left. - As the construction ban area has been declared, no construction permit will be granted now.'

- In the case that no structure has been constructed before passing the map according to the law, the land necessary for the construction of roads, sewers or processing centers etc. and for the smooth flow of rivers and streams Kanunbamoj-m khat-purt- to receive by providing'

- In terms of non-pollution control, the people living on the banks of the river have no right to occupy the government land and live there. Transferring to the accommodation currently built in Ichankunarayan'

- If the said facilities are not available and cannot be managed there, the necessary number of housing arrangements will be arranged for them elsewhere, in the case of actual squatter families who do not want to go to those places, there is no immediate alternative provision, Article 37 of the Constitution ( 1) Taking into consideration the right of residence guaranteed by , for the purpose of facilitating the transfer - providing cash as an immediate relief and removing the over-ordering'

- In the first stage, removing the houses in the flood risk-me and establishing the river channel, not to build embankment, support/border wall or to prevent the road, the house and then- in a stepwise manner between the river channel and the road- Arranging the removal of those occupying the Yali area'

-'When the coordinated readiness of all the local levels in the valley is necessary to do this work, it will be implemented with the spirit of coordination and cooperation under the leadership of the fully-fledged rhetorical civilization integrated and developed.'

- 'As of now, the government or any organization or memorial - not to transfer land for the purpose of memorial or other purposes, not to preserve public land and river bank land in the year 2021/22 The prepared survey map should be considered as the basis'

-'Also, considering Rawal Commission's report 2052 as a basis for finding public land, and investigating the encroachment and illegal land registration on the land that is flooded by the river during the rainy season, Section 24 of the Lands Act, 2034 was published.

to protect public land without making a decision