Pokhara preparing to operate bulldozers in squatters

लगानी न्यूज

२१ बैशाख २०८३, सोमबार ११:५९May 4, 2026

Kaski. The land was allocated five decades ago for the construction of a well-equipped bus park in Pokhara, the tourism capital of Nepal.

In 2032 BS, a bus park was planned to be constructed on 205 ropanis of land at Prithvi Chowk.TAG_OPEN_div_38 The survey was published in the gazette by sewing the Seti River in the east, the former traffic building in the west, the airport in the south and the bus park within the four forts inside Salt Trading in the north.

The land for the bus park has shrunk to 47 ropanis from 205 ropanis of land to 47 ropanis after 50 years of the construction of the park.TAG_OPEN_div_36 There are squatters on the land of the bus park. According to a study carried out by Pokhara Metropolitan City, more than 400 landless squatters have been living on the land of the bus park. Due to the lack of bus park for a long time, long and short route buses are now leaving their destinations from the roadside. This has led to frequent traffic jam and disruption in the Prithvi Chowk area of Pokhara.

Pokhara Metropolitan City (PMC) has issued a 35 TAG_OPEN_div_34-day notice to remove the structures built by encroaching upon the metropolis. A meeting of the executive committee held on April 17 gave notice to remove the encroached structures.

The process of evicting the encroached land has been going on in the federal capital Kathmandu for the past few days. They have demanded that the landless squatters should not be evicted without proper management.

Rupa KC, who is also the chairperson of Krishna Tole Mothers’ Group inside the bus park, said that they do not want to live in chaos.TAG_OPEN_div_30

She says that she has been saying from the past that the bus park will be constructed only after proper management.TAG_OPEN_div_28 “Squatters have never been against bus parks. If we are properly managed, we are ready to leave the place where we are living now, and we will support the development of the government. ”

Prem TAG_OPEN_div_26 Bahadur Gurung, coordinator of the Struggle Committee for Landless and Unsystematic Settlers Struggle Committee, said that the landless and unsystematic settlers should be managed in ward no 9 or nearby ward first. He said that they were worried after the metropolis issued a notice to vacate the place where they were living without management.

He said, “The decision of the Metropolitan Municipality is worrying the landless and unorganized settlers.TAG_OPEN_div_24 The metropolis should first create a suitable alternative situation and finally construct the bus park within 205 ropanis of land. ”

Labor leader Rudra Gautam said that they would support the government’s move if the work of removing the encroached structures of the bus park started.TAG_OPEN_div_22 According to him, the bus park should be constructed on 205 ropanis of land earmarked for the project.

He said, “The land of the bus park has been bought and sold on the basis of personal access by misusing access and power at different periods.TAG_OPEN_div_20 It is wrong to see the real squatters as obstacles to development. First, the entire land allotted in the past should be vacant, if that happens, we will be supportive. ”