Kathmandu, May 24
The Pokhara Valley Municipal Development Committee (PVMDC) has released a public notice urging all concerned sides to remove the constructions, including shops, set up in the Pokhara Bus Park area within 15 days. PVMDC asked the business owners to assist in the process of constructing the Pokhara Bus Park by dismantling the illegal structures, including shops.
The encroachments in the Seti River area, extending from Pokhara House to Seti Bridge, and from Prithvi Highway to the South, as well as from the Airport to the North and East, are sought immediate removal. The notice, issued on Saturday, indicates that if the encroachments are not cleared within the given time, the Committee will take action to remove the structures and also recover the associated costs from the responsible individuals and organisations.
Additionally, the landowners in the bus park area are reminded to present themselves with citizenship certificates, a copy of the land ownership certificate, a receipt for land revenue payment, and other relevant documents to the PVMDC’s office within seven days. On April 17, the Pokhara Metropolis- 9 had also issued a public notice for the removal of structures that encroached upon the bus park near Prithvi Chowk.
Following the expiry of the 35-day notice on Saturday, the PVMDC has issued another warning. The land, designated for the bus park and owned by the PVMDC, is currently occupied by landless people- Dalits and squatters. Approximately 205 ropanis of land were acquired in the year 2031/32 BS for the purpose of constructing a bus park. But the project of bus park construction was never launched.
Currently, the land intended for the bus park is facing sheer encroachment, with only about 60 ropanis of land left for the public entity. The Metropolitan City is now all set to proceed with the construction of the modern Pokhara Bus Park by clearing the encroachment.
