Kathmandu, Dec 26, Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai Monday directed the government agencies to control the encroachment of public land in the Kathmandu Valley.
Speaking at an interaction with concerned bodies of government in Singha Durbar, Prime Minister Dr. Bhattarai asked them to take steps against those involved in the encroachment of public land and vacate the encroachers from there.
He said that the government could not tolerate the tendency of land encroachment and instructed the authorities to manage the government’s land. "It is the duty of the government to protect the public land."
During the meeting, Physical Planning and Construction Minister Hridayes Tripathi informed that his ministry had directed the concerned agencies for the management of the Kathmandu city in line with the international standards.
He said, "The Ministry has directed to stop the encroachment of government’s lands and identify them to develop a clean and beautiful city."
Tripathi said that the ministry was intensifying the works to manage the traffic system, telephone network, drinking water distribution and electricity system.
Local Development Minister Top Bahadur Raymaji, chiefs of Kathmandu Municipality, Nepal Tele-come, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and other top government officials were present in the meeting.
Deputy Inspector General of Nepal Police Ganesh Rai said that he had taken the Prime Minister’s instructions positively and started working for the smooth traffic system.
He informed that his office started expanding road with the objective of easing the traffic system.
Rai said that the roads were being expanded New Baneshwor, Ratopul, Kalimati, Teku, Tinkune, Babarmahal and other places of Kathmandu.
He said that the road expansion works would be also carried out in Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts.
Kathmandu Municipality Administration Department chief Gyanendra Karki said that the municipality had started clearing of the encroachment in the public land of Kathmandu.
He urged the PM to discourage street vendors and landless squatters from using the road and public places.
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