A total of 15,361 people were displaced during a seven-day demolition drive using bulldozers along Kathmandu’s riverbanks, according to the District Administration Office (DAO), Kathmandu. This figure does not include data from Manohara and other areas in Bhaktapur district.
The DAO reported that 810 people were displaced from the Thapathali squatter settlement on April 25. In that area, 143 temporary structures were demolished, which housed 136 families. The administration said that these families consisted of 430 women, 270 men, 50 boys, and 60 girls.
According to the DAO, 878 structures – 285 permanent and 593 temporary – housing 1,000 families were demolished in the Gairigaun area the same day. A total of 2,600 individuals were dependent on these homes, including 1,050 women, 1,100 men, 250 boys, and 200 girls.
On April 26, the government deployed bulldozers in the Manohara area. The DAO stated that 131 houses (2 permanent and 129 temporary) were demolished on the Kathmandu side. Since the larger portion of the settlement falls within Bhaktapur, the Kathmandu administration does not have the complete data for that area.
According to the DAO, 1,556 people from 131 households were displaced on the Kathmandu side that day. The families included 921 women, 427 men, 153 boys, and 55 girls.
On April 30, three structures housing three families were removed from the Kalopul area. The following day, on May 1, the displacement continued with 2,118 people removed from Banshighat in Teku, 4,810 from Balkhu, 580 from Shankhamul, and 1,135 from Kalimati.
In total, over the seven days, the government demolished 2,687 structures (890 permanent and 1,797 temporary), which served as homes for 2,501 families.
