Administration starts removing vendors from roadside

KATHMANDU, Oct 15 - Following the directives from the Home Ministry, the local administration with the help of the police started shooing off the footpath vendors from the roads in all three districts in the capital on Wednesday.Stalls alongside the main road at Kalanki Chowk have been removed this morning, ...

The police said that the market along the footpath of busy roads has created problems to pedestrians and are also responsible for chaos in the traffic and increasing road accidents in the capital.

The traffic police had given a two day ultimatum to remove stalls along the main roads in the capital which ended today.

According to the traffic police, footpath stalls at Kalanki, Koteshwor, Purano Baneshwor, Maharajgunj, the Bus Park area and Tundikhel will be removed in the first phase.

Meanwhile, the police are clearing the footpath stalls at Gaushala and Satdobato area.

It has been learnt that the stall owners are submitting a memorandum to Assistant Chief District Officer Murari Prasad Sharma at the District Administration Office in Lalitpur today stating that they must be allowed to run their business.