The monastery's chairman, Kapure Tamang, said, ”We had requested that at least the Buddha Jayanti should not be destroyed. Instead, they used a dozer, and the Buddha statue is lying in ruins.”
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In the process of removing the squatter settlements, the government has also demolished the Sange Choiling Monastery in Balkhu. A dozer was used on the monastery located in the middle of the squatter settlements on Friday morning.
'We had requested that it not be demolished at least on the day of Buddha Jayanti, but instead the dozer was used, the Buddha statue is lying like this,' the monastery's chairman Kapure Tamang told Kantipur. The monastery was registered on Kartik 13, 2078 BS, he said.
The common petrol pump in the middle of the settlement has been saved and other huts have been demolished.
In the process of 'removing the unorganized settlements' along the river banks of Kathmandu, the government has used a dozer in the Bansighat area near Balkhu and Teku on Friday morning.
On Wednesday, the Kathmandu District Administration Office had given notice to vacate the settlement by today. After the information, many people started evacuating their homes.
As before, the demolition of the settlements has begun using dozers amidst a thick security cordon. Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, Municipal Police and others have been deployed at the scene.
