A joint team of community forest representatives, policemen from the Armed Police Force and Nepal Police and officials from the District Forest Office (DFO) demolished the huts by setting them on fire.
The huts were destroyed with the support of the local forest users after the encroachers did not remove them despite repeated notices for the same, according to district forest officer Krishna Prasad Pokharel.
Meanwhile, around a dozen houses and huts built on the roadside by violating rules in Khairenitar bazaar of Tanahun have also been demolished, according to Khaireni Youth Club.
Chairman of the club Sujit Hirachan said around 70 huts and other buildings built by violating the rules will be demolished on the sides of the two-kilometer stretch of the road from Jharauta to Kumlekhola.
In Banke, the Nepalgunj Municipality is set to demolish the huts constructed illegally within the municipality area.
An all-party meeting has given a go-ahead to the municipality to pull down the huts constructed in public land and violating rules.
The meeting also decided to commence a work plan in order to resolve the recurrent problem of inundation during the monsoon season.
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