KATHMANDU: Around 50 families displaced from squatter settlements in Balkhu and Banshighat have registered their names at Dasharath Stadium as of Friday afternoon.
The families, citing lack of land, housing, and stable income sources, have submitted their details to the authorities.
A joint team comprising the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction, Kathmandu Valley Development Authority, High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization, and Kathmandu Metropolitan Police is collecting data from the displaced residents.
Following registration, authorities are preparing to conduct health check-ups and psychosocial counseling before relocating them to designated holding centres.
Temporary relocation sites include Dhapakhel in Lalitpur, the Electricity Training Centre in Kharipati, Bhaktapur, the Agricultural Development Bank Training Centre in Bode, the Nagarkot Water Supply Training Centre, the vegetable market management centre in Chobhar, and a holding centre in Kavre.
Project Director of the Bagmati Civilization Integrated Development Committee Machhya Kaji Maharjan said preparations are underway to transfer registered families to the holding centres after completing the data collection process.
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