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The trend in construction of houses on land near the banks of local brooks has increased in the district in recent times, state-owned news agency RSS reports.

Executive Officer of the Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, Ram Prasad Pathak said there is increasing trend of constructing houses on such land of the Manohara and Hanumante rivulets in the district.

He said dozens of new houses have been found constructed on the bank of the Manohara stream from local Jadibuti up to Changunarayan.

It has been found that people have been constructing houses even on land which was previously riverbed after diverting the river.

Pathak said people involved in illegal sand extraction from the riverbeds divert these streams looking out for fresh sand mines.

He said the Municipality has issued public notices in the media calling on people not to construct houses by encroaching upon the public land but complained that the real estate developers are not taking heed to the notice.

Pathak said real estate entrepreneurs have been developing housing plots even on public land like near the river banks and selling them to buyers flouting the rules and regulations.

He said the Municipality will demolish houses constructed by encroaching upon public land. nepalnews.com

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kbm  - Let KTM & Lalitpur learn from Bhaktapur   |113.199.169.xxx |2010-01-30 23:40:06 Encroachment of public land specially roadside land by greed land grabbers, Land Mafiias, incollusion with corrupt municipal officials is cancerous problem in nepal specilaly in the Valley. if it is true that Bhaktpur is demolishing the illegal construction, then THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST IN THE VALLEY AND KATHMANDU AND LALITPUR CAN LEARN FROM IT. Ringroad side roads have been sytematiclaly encrochaed by greed land mafias. KMC, and LSMC should also start this work immediately. BS  - Yapping the Mouth   |67.14.237.xxx |2010-01-30 14:26:16 Too much talk. NO ACTION!! WHen 3 months, 6 months ?? Rai D  - Nepalese are in 12 century   |94.97.201.xxx |2010-01-30 04:01:04 It is very sad to see the condition of fertile arable land being converted into plots for housing without city plan by the laymen who does not know the modern insfrastructure. Our so called leaders and policy makers are resposible for this and some of the banks which are on the verge of collaps leaving millions of Nepalese depositors in life long economic desester.They are quitely looking the desester. People will construct houses in the plotting as they have invested their hard earned money. What happens when the full constructions take place? A motor bike only enough for transportation and what about sewage/water/electricity lines? Have anyone thought about this? Anonymous  - Good news !   |98.253.59.xxx |2010-01-30 00:48:04 Get up all the best wishers of the nation. Kathmandu vally as well as rest cities are exploited a lot by the mismanagement of Central governmennt,city developmennt and careless of the local political and social bodies as well as silence of the local people. A Concerned Nepali  - Demolish all illegal settlements   |136.8.152.xxx |2010-01-29 23:09:16 If public notices have already been issued, then all that the municipality needs to do is get the bulldozers. Let the people see that there is still some law in the country. Powered by !JoomlaComment 3.26

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