KATHMANDU, July 25: The government has extended the term of the High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization (HPCIDBC) by three years.

No solution to this problem can be found through violence. Winter has already set in and in such a situation, it doesn’t appear a wise decision to forcefully bulldoze the squatters’ settlements.

KATHMANDU, Nov 17: The landless squatters organized a demonstration in Maitighar in the capital on Thursday against the decision of the High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization (HPCIDBC) to remove the squatter’s settlements from the banks of major rivers in the Kathmandu Valley.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization (HPCIDBC) has issued a notice to remove the squatter settlements on the banks of major rivers in Kathmandu Valley.