Deputy Prime Minister and Urban Development Minister Prakashman Singh inspected the Dhobi Khola Corridor on Wednesday.
Deputy Prime Minister Singh along with the Ministry Secretary, Kathmandu Valley Development Authority and the empowered Bagmati Civilization Integrated Committee team inspected the area in the morning. He is interested in reducing the possible risks that may occur with rain. The
team observed the works being done under the ministry in Dhobikhola, sewage management and encroached public land. While inspecting the area, Deputy Prime Minister Singh directed the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority and the Bagmati Civilization Integrated Committee to carry out the necessary work immediately to clean the Dhobi Khola and bring the encroached public land back to the law.
Deputy Prime Minister Singh has alerted the agencies under the ministry to carry out the necessary work to reduce the impact of wash basins with the onset of rain.
Deputy Prime Minister Singh was informed by the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority about the objective situation from Budhanilkanth Bhadrakali Temple to Kapan Sattale. The Valley Development Authority under the Ministry of Urban Development and the Bagmati Civilization Integrated Development Committee are looking into the issue of rivers and corridors in Kathmandu Valley.
Deputy Prime Minister Singh has been emphasizing on the cleanliness of Nadinala in Kathmandu Valley and the protection of public property since taking charge of the Ministry of Urban Development. Even in this year's budget, the Ministry of Urban Development has allocated more than 3 billion in the valley's Nadinala protection and corridor expansion.
Along with Deputy Prime Minister Singh, a team including Ministry Secretary Gopal Sigdel, Kathmandu Valley Development Authority Development Commissioner Januka Dhakal, Kathmandu District Commissioner Subas Basnet, representatives of the empowered Bagmati Civilization Integrated Development Committee participated. Kathmandu Commissioner Basnet informed that Deputy Prime Minister Singh has been informed about the actual situation by the Development Authority of Kathmandu District regarding organizing Dhobikhola Corridor and removing encroachments on public land in that area.
The authority is proceeding with the work to remove encroachment from the public lands along the river banks of the valley. Commissioner Basnet said that work is being done to bring back the encroached land soon in the Dhobikhola area.
