Biratnagar. The story of the squatter problem and public land encroachment in Biratnagar Metropolitan City is quite old and complex. Thousands of families who have lived for generations on the banks of the Singhiya and Kesaliya rivers, industrial area laborers, and illegally occupied lands due to increasing urbanization are challenging the management of Biratnagar Metropolitan City.When the Metropolitan City started demolishing structures with bulldozers in Kathmandu, its repercussions have spread across the country. In Biratnagar too, there is a conflict between the pressure to remove encroachments and the voice to manage settlements.Focusing on this very issue, former Metropolitan Mayor of...