Kathmandu, June 24 -- Across holding centres in the Kathmandu Valley and Kavrepalanchok district, displaced families are facing renewed uncertainty after authorities issued a deadline requiring them to vacate temporary shelters by Friday.

The notice, which applies to holding centres in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Kavrepalanchok districts, has triggered anxiety among squatters who have been living in these facilities after being displaced by the government's drive to clear encroachments from public land and riverbanks across the Kathmandu Valley on April 25.

At the Radha Soami Satsang Beas holding centre in Kirtipur, residents describe a growing sense of fear and confusion as they try to determine where they will go next.

Inside the holdin...