Locals object to the footpath expansion of the New Road

There has been a demonstration against the ongoing footpath expansion project in Kathmandu’s New Road neighborhood. The demonstration has been of significant size. Nepal Police and local police have deployed a substantial contingent to manage the situation.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City received permission from the High Court to proceed with the footpath expansion project. They started working on it on Wednesday.

The metropolitan city had previously started the enlargement construction, which required rupturing the road’s tarmac. But the Road Division Office stepped in, seizing supplies and making the metropolis repair the broken tarmac.

The metropolitan city filed a written case with the Patan High Court in response to the involvement of the Road Division Office. After considering the petition, the High Court issued a temporary ruling. The High Court declared that local governments are in charge of managing urban highways. The court ordered that the work on the New Road footpath expansion not be stopped.

The Patan High Court’s joint bench of judges, Dhruva Raj Nanda and Prakash Kharel, made a decision. The Road Division Office requested that the Kathmandu Metropolitan City halt the footpath expansion construction. However, they decided against implementing this request. With this directive in hand, the metropolitan city went back to work on its expansion.

The Road Division Office asked the Kathmandu Metropolitan City to stop the footpath expansion construction. However, they chose not to implement this request.