A big crowd of squatters had gathered inside the compounds of Hotel de l Satanchuli and Uncle´s Lodge on Wednesday. Bhusal said about 100 squatter families will be settled in the area.
“We have not encroached upon the land that the hotels legally own. We are settling squatters only on public land that the hotels have captured,” he said. But hotel owners denied the charge.
“We bought the hotel a year ago. It has been operating here for the past 30 years. We have not expanded the compound by even an inch. But they are creating problems now,” complained Badri Adhikari of Hotel de l Satanchuli.
Adhikari said the VDC office is the authority to decide whether the hotel has captured public land. Stating that he is willing to accept any decision taken on the matter by an all-party committee, Adhikari said taking a step that will impact the hotel´s business is unwarranted.
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