KATHMANDU: A total of 1,816 squatter families in the Kathmandu Valley have contacted the government following the demolition of illegal structures along the Bagmati River and other areas.
According to the Secretariat of Prime Minister Balendra Shah, as many as 7,789 individuals from these families have come forward so far during the ongoing clearance of public and government land.
Of them, 794 individuals have been relocated to government-managed holding centres, while others who reported to the screening centre at Dasharath Stadium have chosen to arrange housing on their own for the time being.
The government has set up holding centres at locations including the Radhaswamy Satsangh Bhawan, hotels in the New Bus Park and Machhapokhari areas, the Nepal Electricity Authority Training Centre in Bhaktapur, and the Agricultural Training Centre in Bode to manage displaced squatters.
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