India, May 9 -- Hundreds of landless squatters on Friday staged a demonstration protesting the Balendra Shah Government's recent move to bulldoze their structures in various parts of the country, including in Kathmandu.

More than 3,500 structures belonging to landless squatters have been demolished by the federal Government in Kathmandu and hundreds of other settlements since last month in different districts outside the capital city for beautification and environmental protection. Nepal's Supreme Court on May 4 ordered the government to submit the details of procedures followed in demolishing squatters' settlements in the Kathmandu Valley.

On Friday, carrying empty plates and raising slogans demanding their right to live and housing, t...