Kathmandu, June 15 -- People evicted from informal settlements of Kathmandu Valley have submitted a memorandum to the government, demanding resettlement and land ownership rights.

Those displaced from Thapathali, Gairigaun, Shantinagar, Jadibuti and surrounding areas and currently kept at the Radha Soami Satsang Beas, in Kirtipur jointly submitted the memorandum addressed to the prime minister, home minister, and minister for land management.

They alleged that the state forcibly evicted them without providing proper alternatives or compensation. They said their settlements, where some families had lived for three to four generations, were demolished, and they were moved to the holding centre, disrupting their livelihoods, employment, li...