Road widening

Local authorities are sorting out/demolishing all or part of buildings that have been placed illegally on the roadside. There is no doubt that wider roads in parts of Kathmandu would benefit some, but also that many buildings (and livelihoods) while perhaps built knowingly on the road side, have been there many years – think perhaps 30 years.  Imagine the consternation when the +7.2m appears in paint on the front of your shop. Creating new front walls for your reduced building is happening on long stretches of road. The main road through Bhairawa has also been subject to checking and clearing. At my corner shop the bicycle repair shop was moved some metres back, not looking so tidy just at the moment.