Slum dwellers displaced from various parts of the valley have been housed in a hostel at the Nepal Electricity Authority's training center in Kharipati, Bhaktapur since Friday evening.
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The government has been using bulldozers to remove squatters living on the banks of the rivers in the Kathmandu Valley for a week. The squatters, who were displaced from various parts of the valley, have been kept in the hostel of the Nepal Electricity Authority's training center in Kharipati, Bhaktapur since Friday evening. Food and accommodation arrangements have been made for them at the center.
Niranjan Lamichhane, in-charge of the center, informed that 118 squatters had been brought to Bhaktapur by 1 pm. Among them are children and senior citizens. Lamichhane said that the training center has two buildings with a capacity of 250 people. They are currently staying in the same building.
The government has also ordered the vacating of another building, so the building has been vacated and kept in readiness, said Lamichhane. He said that the readiness has been maintained after being informed that another 150 squatters will arrive by the evening.
The Sukum residents who have arrived here say they are worried about the future of their families and children. They say they have been left stranded after the government drove a bulldozer into the settlement to manage it. Some have even said they were unable to take anything except the clothes they were wearing. They say that having to leave the small settlement they built with years of hard work has added more pain to their pain. They are very worried about their children missing out on their education and they demand that the government provide a permanent solution and manage it immediately.
