As per the prior notification, a large number of security personnel were deployed in the settlement since Saturday morning to evacuate it. A few hours later, a bulldozer was deployed in the settlement.
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The government has used a bulldozer to clear the slums in the Bagmati Riverside settlement in Thapathali, Kathmandu. Residents who have been sheltering there for years had started vacating their homes since Friday after the administration issued an 'urdi' through miking to evacuate the settlement.
पूर्व सूचना अनुसार नै बस्ती खाली गराउन शनिबार बिहानैदेखि बस्तीमा बाक्लो मात्रामा सुरक्षाकर्मी परिचालन गरिएको थियो। त्यसको केही घण्टापछि बस्तीमा डोजर चलाइयो। सडक विभागका दुई स्काभेटरसहित ५ उपकरणले बस्ती भित्र भत्काइरहेको छ। बाहिर २ वटा लोडर स्ट्यान्डबाइ रहेका छन्।
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