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A person died in a motorbike accident in Bakaiya Rural Municipality-3 of Makwapur district on Tuesday. Police identified the deceased as bike rider Shyam Lama (30) of Shreepur, Bakaiya-5. The two-wheeler (Province-2 03018 PA 2557) was heading towards Shreepur from Hattisunde when the incident occurred at around 10 pm yesterday. Lama was rushed to Churehill Hospital in Tahabharyang, Hetauda-11 for treatment but doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, DSP Tek Bahadur Karki of the District Police Office, Makwapur said. Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.

The Kathmandu Valley Development Authority (KVDA) has issued a 35-day notice to remove all structures constructed by encroaching government and public lands within 35 days. Issuing a notice on Wednesday, the Authority has appealed to the people to remove the structures built illegally by encroaching government and public lands and lands near the river banks in Kathmandu Valley within the given time frame. The Authority warned that they would remove the structures by themselves and concerned people and organizations have to bear the expenses incurred while demolishing the infrastructures if they do not abide by the instruction.

A person died in a motorbike accident in Tokha Municipality-6 on Monday. The deceased has been identified as bike (Ba 74 Pa 5759) rider Sabin Kandel (26) of Panchakanya Rural Municipality-4, Nuwakot. Critically injured in the incident, he breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. A pillion rider, who was injured in the incident, is undergoing treatment at the Grande Hospital.  

Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah held a meeting with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. Shah, who had reached Baluwatar on Monday evening to meet Prime Minister Deuba, asked for the government’s support to remove the squatters’ settlement. Earlier on Monday, a clash broke out between the squatters and the KMC police personnel who had reached Thapathali area to remove the settlement. SP Raju Pandey of the KMC among others were injured in the clash. Mayor Shah had questioned the role of central government through social media after the squatters staged a demonstration carrying home-made weapons.