Locals of Gaurighat in Kathmandu have protested saying that only the houses of general public were being demolished while Vice-President Paramananda Jha's house was being spared during the road expansion drive in the vicinity. Locals staged the protest this morning stopping the bulldozer of the Road Department that had reached the place for road expansion purpose. Locals informed that they had protested as houses of high level officials were being protected while that of general public were being demolished. BITE...
The Road Department informed that physical infrastructures-- five-and-a-half meters to either side of the main road-- were being demolished for road expansion. However, locals of the area staged the protest saying only their houses were being demolished, while that of the VP was left untouched. Meanwhile, police have taken a few people under control for obstructing works on road expansion. The expansion work was later resumed with heavy deployment of security personnel.