Pokhara Metropolitan City has started demolishing unauthorized physical structures in front of the bus park in Prithvi Chowk. As part of the campaign to remove structures built by encroaching on public land, the Metropolitan City has been using dozers on the structures since Thursday.

The buildings of the Sahara Club and the Community Police Service Center in the area, as well as the structures used by the Himalayan Cultural Family, have also been demolished. Metropolitan City Mayor Dhanraj Acharya clarified that these public lands, which have been used by various organizations for a long time, will be protected and the road will be widened. He also expressed his gratitude to all stakeholders who supported this campaign to protect public property.

The offices of trade unions affiliated to the Nepali Congress and trade unions affiliated to the Nepali Congress, including the Gefont Gandaki, were also operating in the encroached area. These organizations, which were using public land, had built structures and rented them out to third parties. Earlier, the labor organization affiliated to the Nepali Congress had already demolished the structures and handed over the keys. After removing the structures in this area, the metropolis plans to widen the road leading from Prithvi Chowk to Nayabazar in two directions.

The metropolis had already issued a notice giving a deadline of 35 days to vacate public land, which expired on 9th Jestha. The campaign to vacate public land, which began on 10th Jestha from Firke Khola, reached Prithvi Chowk on Thursday.