Let's not do politics on the river bank

It is mainly a question of how we will make our city and capital in the future. What order or decision will be welcomed by the court and how will it be opposed? Will the court only consider the current problem or will it also consider the long-term interests of the country and the people? Should we look at the interests of only a few thousand people who have violated the standards of the river or should we consider the interests of 50 million people? This is not only a question for the court but it is an equally important question for the party responsible for opening the party for the people.

Many parties have not yet made public their views on the order. However, CPN-UML's Kathmandu district committee has given a 7-point memorandum to Metropolitan Chief Balendra Shah and asked him to implement only 20 meters instead of 40 meters on the river bank. For whose interest is the UML changing 40 to 20 meters? Is this work of UML in the interest of the common citizens of the capital?

If the capital is flooded tomorrow, who will take charge of it? He should make his opinion public about this. Recently, floods and natural calamities in the neighboring countries of Wayanad and Gujarat in India caused huge loss of life. Millions became homeless. Everyone has seen that the riverside settlements of our capital have been flooded.

Politics in such a sensitive matter is not good. Let us think not only of ourselves but also of posterity. If we do not plan seriously from today how to protect the capital and save it from flooding, great damage may occur tomorrow. Therefore, let us express our appreciation for the order of Justice Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Vinod Sharma and the action of Metropolitan Chief Shah who is trying to be careful in implementing the order.
– Gopal Devkota, Gokarneshwar, Kathmandu

Those encroaching on the river bank must be removed. Maybe while saying this, some people may feel angry. But everyone needs to accept this reality. The capital has become contaminated due to encroachment of the river. Many types of communicable diseases have spread. Keeping this in mind, the government must act in the public interest.

is not about removing encroachment to please someone and make someone sad. This is essential for the beauty of the city. The river bank is not one's personal property. Those who bought and sold, gave recommendations, those who approved to build a house should be punished to the extent. Here for years squatters have encroached on the river bank in the name of squatters.

Some are real squatters, the government should make proper arrangements for them. How can a person with a three-story house in the capital be a squatter? Now the Supreme Court has ordered that no structure can be built within 40 meters right and left of the river bank including Wagmati, Bishnumati, Manohara.

This order is fine, but what to do with the house structures built over the years? The government should have started this process even before the house was built yesterday. Now it doesn't seem so easy to destroy someone's home.
– Purushottam Ghimire, Jorpati, Kathmandu