After the Butwal Sub-metropolitan City removed encroachments on the road and High Court land in the first week of April, other local levels have also accelerated this process.
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Local levels in Rupandehi have started publishing notices to vacate encroached land within their areas.
After the Butwal Sub-metropolitan City removed encroachments on the roadside and the High Court land in the first week of Baisakh, other local levels have also accelerated this. The sub-metropolitan city had removed the businesses occupying the roadside and the encroachments on the right and left sides of the road. Immediately, in coordination with the district administration, a dozer was used on the structures built on the encroached High Court land for years.
The Industrial Area Management Limited has issued a notice to vacate the settlements in the Motipur Industrial Area of Butwal.
It has been asked to vacate the unorganized settlements and physical structures on the land of the industrial area in a letter dated 15 Baisakh. After the said letter, the settlements in Raniganj and the surrounding river Ukas area under Butwal-17 and 18 have to be removed. Butwal Sub-metropolitan City Mayor Khelraj Pandey has expressed his disagreement with the issue of vacating the industrial area.
Siddharthnagar Municipality has published a notice a week ago asking for the vacating of public and government land and structures built by encroachment. In the notice issued by Mayor Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan, it has been asked to vacate public and government land, roads, canals, ponds and other structures within the municipality's jurisdiction as per Section 11 Sub-section 2 of the Local Government Operation Act 2074 BS, as per which the local government is responsible for protecting public land, buildings and physical infrastructure. If the structures are not vacated within the said period, they will be removed as per the law.
Kotahimai Rural Municipality had published a notice on Monday for the protection of public, open, and vacant land, canals, ponds and other structures within the rural municipality in accordance with the letter from the Rupandehi District Administration for the protection and record management of public land. Such lands have been asked to be vacated within 15 days of the publication of the notice. The rural municipality has stated that if they do not vacate, they will be evicted as per the law.
Mayadevi Rural Municipality has issued a notice on Tuesday asking them to vacate encroached public land, roadsides, river banks, open spaces, private land, monastery-temple and school lands within their area. The notice signed by the acting chief administrative officer of the rural municipality, Narayan Prasad Lamichhane, states that if such land is not vacated within 15 days of the publication of the notice, it will be done as per the law. Sammarimai Rural Municipality has also issued a notice to vacate encroached public, government land and public places.
Sainamaina Municipality has already issued a notice on 17 Baisakh and issued a 15-day notice to vacate houses, huts and structures built against the standards along the Saljhandi-Dhorpatan road section within the municipal area. It has been stated that if the structures are not vacated within the specified period, they will be removed as per the prevailing law.
In a notice issued by Devdaha Municipality Mayor Dhubra Prasad Kharel in the second week of Baisakh, houses, huts and structures built by encroaching on public land, roads, canals and other areas have been asked to be vacated within 15 days.
Lumbini Cultural Municipality has been conducting a campaign to remove encroaching structures built in its area for a month. Mayor Kalpana Harijan said that the encroached areas have been vacated as per the law after the notice was ignored.
She said that the process of removing houses and huts built by occupying public land in various areas of the municipality is still ongoing. There are 16 local levels in Rupandehi. After the district administration's correspondence, all municipalities have published a notice and given a 15-day 'ultimatum' to remove the encroached structures.
