Makwanpur. Following directives from the federal government, preparations are underway to clear squatter settlements in areas including Thapathali, Kathmandu. After an ultimatum from the local administration to vacate the area by Friday evening, residents have been busy moving their belongings.With the preparations to use bulldozers in Kathmandu's squatter settlements, residents of such settlements in Hetauda and other parts of Makwanpur have become apprehensive. They fear that the government might intervene in their areas just as it did in the Thapathali region.Similar fear exists in the Simaltar area (squatter settlement) of Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City Ward Number-11. For the landless squatters of...