Kathmandu. A Saturday dawn. The city of Kathmandu was slowly waking up. However, for the squatter settlements along the banks of the Bagmati River, this morning was far from normal.A large force of security personnel was deployed early in the morning in front of the shanties that have stood on the Thapathali riverbank for years. Residents were hurriedly removing the corrugated iron sheets from their huts. Upon hearing that bulldozers would arrive shortly, they were trying to dismantle the roofs and bamboo fences themselves to save their belongings.'The government cut off the electricity last night. We managed to bring our...