The government used a bulldozer on the squatter settlement in Shantinagar's Gairigaun on April 12. After the house collapsed, the 24-year-old woman started living with her mother in a 'holding center' in Machhapokhari. She was also going to her regular work. On Tuesday evening, the owner of the hotel designated by the government as a 'holding center' suddenly told them, 'We have been told that we will be moved to another place from tomorrow. Be ready in the morning.'

They were shocked upon hearing this order. 'We did not know where we were being taken, why we were being taken, anything. When they told us to get up without giving us any information about the process, it felt like they were raising another settlement,' the woman said.

They asked the hotel owner, 'Where will we be taken?' The owner also said that he did not know. When they took a stand that they would not go, the police threatened them, saying, 'We do not know anything else, 40 heads should be ready tomorrow.'

‘Where will they take them?’ They asked the hotel owner. The owner also said that he did not know. When they insisted on not going, the police threatened them, saying, ‘I do not know anything else, 40 heads should be ready tomorrow.’ The woman told Kantipur, 'We were even more scared after hearing this. The idea of ​​counting people as objects and taking them wherever they found them made me nervous.’  The government vehicle was supposed to arrive at 7:30 am on Wednesday. But the team to take them away arrived only at 2 pm. The team consisted of plainclothes police and government employees. There was an argument for about two hours. The displaced people staying at the hotel asked, ‘Initially, it was planned to keep all the squatters in the lodge, why are they trying to remove them now?’ Some even started crying. Some said, ‘How can we go far? Our parents have a college, a school, and we have work.’ 

While boarding the bus, they were told that they would be taken to Bhaktapur. Only after arriving did they learn that they had been taken to the ‘National Drinking Water and Sanitation Research and Development Center’ in Nagarkot. ‘It was already 5 pm when we reached Nagarkot. That day, we didn’t even get to eat lunch. The staff there only prepared food at around 8:30 pm. The food we had at 8:30 am lasted us until 8:30 pm,’ the young woman said. 

She complains that even though the place where she is currently staying has facilities, her life is not limited to living in the room alone. ‘We have to walk for an hour just to get to the main road from this place in Nagarkot. It is also difficult to get a car from there. This has made it almost impossible for those who go to work daily to live here,’ she said.

She is worried that the schooling of the children there has not been finalized. ‘Even when we were in Machhapokhari, no one came to ask, who will ask here? They say they started sending them to schools in other places. Is this an attempt to darken the future of our children?’ She worries. She is worried about where those who were brought to Nagarkot will be shifted again. ‘Is the government trying to make us leave by dragging us around like this, making us feel bored? We missed work, missed school, our normal life has been completely disrupted,’ said the young woman. 

The government is moving the displaced people one by one to different places without prior notice or information. The family of 49-year-old Kumari Lama, who was displaced from Thapathali, also reached the Red Cross building in Banepa, Kavre on Thursday. On the first day from Thapathali, they were taken to the ‘Tokyo Town’ hotel in Balaju. ‘It was good there. We had tea, breakfast and food on time. But suddenly yesterday evening, we were told that we would be moved from there,’ said Kumari. 

Initially, she was told, ‘Not you, but only them will be moved because the people from another hotel complained about the food and drink,’ but the next day they were also forced to go. ‘Why are you trying to move us like this? What will happen to my child’s education? My husband’s duty is at Dhobighat. It's further away from there, we won't go,' she protested. But if we keep them in a hotel, we can't investigate, they said there is an open space over there, a place for children to play, and facilities. 

They were not even given information about where they would be taken until the day they left. Finally, they were taken to the Red Cross building in Banepa on Thursday. 'We weren't even taken to the place by vehicle, we were dropped off on the main road. From there, we were brought here in a line like prisoners,' she said. 

According to Kumari, there are currently 104 people who have been brought there from various places. 'I feel like crying when I see the situation here. We have to go down the hill to the hotel (Chandi/Ugrachandi) to eat. When we go to eat and return, we are taken in a full-fledged procession like sheep and goats. There is no provision for lunch in the afternoon,' she said. Kumari's little grandson has fallen ill due to the cold environment there. 

When we go to eat and return, we are taken away like sheep and goats in a pack. There is no provision for lunch in the afternoon,’ she said. Kumari’s young grandson has fallen ill due to the cold environment there. Kumari said that they are suffering as they are being moved one after another. ‘We are already afraid of losing our jobs. We cannot even go to work from here,’ she said, ‘That is why 7-8 people have returned from here this morning, fed up.’ 

Machakaji Maharjan, project director of the powerful Bagmati Civilization Integrated Development Committee, says that they give advance information to the displaced wherever they are taken. ‘We had planned to take everyone without informing them. If they had asked where they were being taken, we would have told them immediately,’ he said. When the displaced complained that they did not tell them even when they tried to get information several times, he replied, ‘Then there was a miscommunication. They will make them inform us from now on.’