Kathmandu. KATHMANDU — The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) is to start the second phase of relocating vulnerable settlements along the Bagmati River and its tributaries in the Kathmandu Valley from Friday.
In the first phase, settlements in Gairigaun, Shantinagar, Manohara and Thapathali areas of Sinamangal have already been relocated. A joint meeting of various government agencies was held at the Ministry on Thursday to systematize this process. Who has completed the necessary preparations.
In order to facilitate the relocation work, the people living in the risky areas will be taken to Dasharath Stadium as the primary registration centre by bus. There will be 3 help desks in the stadium. In the first cell, information and data will be collected, in the second section for filling up self-declaration form and necessary social details for identifying squatters, and in the third cell, digital data collection will be done by a team from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Similarly, security agencies will help in storing and security of things that cannot be taken to the holding center such as drawers, tables, beds, etc. Buses have also been arranged to take the families who do not have shelter or cannot manage themselves to the holding center.
The Ministry has also made arrangements for immediate health services, humanitarian assistance and psycho-counseling services. These services will be available at both the primary registration center and the holding center.
The squatters will be identified and verified on the basis of the data collected. Those who have not been identified will be sent back from the holding center. The identified families would be provided with the necessary support for a certain period of time and further process would be initiated for their rehabilitation.
Meanwhile, those involved in illegal activities by encroaching on the river banks in the past would be investigated and legal action would be taken if found guilty.
