Locals of Kathmandu staged a protest in front of Balaju Police Station against the “unauthorized demolition of houses” by the government under the Kathmandu Valley Road Expansion Project, on August 5, 2020, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Balaju residents have said police had arrested ten locals yesterday without any charges and kept in custody overnight before being let free today morning. Several houses are being demolished in Kathmandu a bid to widen the road by 14 meters according to the mark drawn by the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority (KVDA). More than 48 houses have already been demolished in the southern part of capital under the directives. Local residents, however, have accused the authorities of bulldozing houses that lie beyond the mark.
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