Introduction

Nepal is a country having low economic development and income. Most of the people are poor among the poor too there are so many such people who are living in slum. There were 42,000 squatters in the 48 hill districts and 330,000squaters in the 24 Terai districts according to the statistics published by the government in 1999. However, the Kathmandu valley has not been included in thebstatistics' survey carried out by Lumanti, a non-governmental organization that advocates for the housing rights of squatters, found that there were 11,965 squatters in the Kathmandu valley. Thus, overall there are approximately 384,000 in Nepal. 1
Kathmandu valley is the urban center of Nepal and include five major cities: Kathmandu,Lalitpur,Bhaktapur, Kirtipur and Thimi with more then 1.1 million people,(220,000 Households). One third of them live in Slum Dwellings and 18,000 people squatting (without land rights). 2 1 Balram Sherestha,The Kathmandu Post, Kantipur Publication Sep. 29, 2003 2 Kathmandu Valley water supply-proposals for services to the poor -Draft, KMC 10|4|2002 p.5 A Slum is a settlement of unfortunate, destitute people who are out of work, out of money, living in squalor. Their homes are huts built of scraps of tin, car board or bamboo. Their are devoid of simple facilities such as roads, drainage or toilets. The water is polluted; huts are jammed together-peoples, dogs, pigs and flies sharing the same space. 3 The Black's law Dictionary defines meaning of dwell as - 'To reside in a place permanently or for some period". 4 Slum Dwellers (SD) are as a urban squatters who live at slum area without land title and adequate shelter.
                   Everyone has the right to standard of living adequate for the health and well being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social service and the right to security in the even of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control 5 .

                                                                                  Civilization and using Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Metropolitan Police, initiated a forceful evacuation of illegal squatters from Bagmati River Banks. More than 250 huts were demolished in the process, and numerous families went homeless. According to the local source, more than 10,000 settlers have occupied almost 75hectars of land beside Bagmati river for illegal encroachment, since 1990s. It must have been a sight to see, when the huts where poor lived were being demolished using a bulldozer, numerous families being homeless, children weeping and crying on the scene, protestors being dragged by Police, and the ultimate hullabaloo for couple of hours, in the capital city of Kathmandu. Nepalese Government plan to relocate legitimate slum dwellers to Ichangunarayan, where they have bought a huge piece of land for relocation purpose. According to the local police, the area has been evacuated 8 times before, however, people come back to resettle in the same area, over and over again. Government decided to provide Rs.15,000 (Approx. $180) as compensation to them who lost their home, and with a relocation opportunity, unfortunately, only 67 people showed up for claim.
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