The Butwal Chamber of Commerce has protested the arrests of businessmen in the Butwal Sub-metropolitan City while they were managing the sidewalks. It has been made clear that even though the sidewalk management work is necessary, forcing it will create more conflict and that the association cannot tolerate such excesses. Butwal Chamber of Commerce President Hari Prasad Aryal has stated that enhancing the beauty of the Butwal market and making movement easier is a positive thing and that the Butwal Chamber of Commerce and Industry is also committed to it. However, he has made it clear that excesses against businessmen in the name of that cannot be tolerated. Butwal Sub-metropolitan City had started collecting materials kept on the sidewalks and sidewalks of houses and demolishing the sidewalks built by encroaching on the sidewalks from Wednesday, saying that it would manage the main roads and inner parts of the market area. The municipality, which had been conducting a continuous campaign on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, had postponed it for two days on Saturday and Sunday. The Chamber of Commerce and various associations of industrialists and businessmen issued a joint statement on Saturday, saying that although the municipality's campaign was positive, the behavior during that campaign was wrong. 'The excessiveness of the municipal police during the campaign has created fear among businessmen,' said Aryal. 'The municipality should move forward in the direction of beautifying the roads by reminding, explaining and facilitating the businessmen instead of threatening and intimidating them. The campaign to clear the sidewalks should be business-friendly. Businessmen are ready to cooperate in that.' He has also demanded the return of the goods confiscated by the municipal police during the campaign.

Similarly, on Saturday itself, the Rupandehi Trade Association, Butwal Industry and Commerce Association, Rupandehi Industry and Trade Association have also issued a joint statement. They have mentioned that the businessmen are committed to facilitating the implementation of the beautification, traffic management and pedestrianization of Butwal by clearing the road lanes.

However, the Sub-Metropolitan City has expressed its concern over the forcible work being carried out in some commercial establishments in the Butwal Bazaar area including Amarpath, BP Chowk, Ram Mandir Line, Hospital, Bhudki Chowk. "We have concluded that the act of taking away the shutters and pillars of the businessmen without any accounting, damaging the shutters, and confiscating the temporary stalls and shop signs is a violation of the agreement between the sub-metropolitan city and the organizations," the statement said. "We also demand that the Butwal Sub-metropolitan City prepare clear standards for the stalls and temporary stalls and return all the goods taken from the shutter premises to the concerned businessmen immediately." The statement was signed by Prakash Dhakal, President of the Rupandehi Trade Association, Hari Prasad Aryal, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Krishna Prasad Parajuli, President of the Rupandehi Industry Association, and Loknath Panthi, President of the Industry and Trade Association.