POKHARA, Nov. 12 -- In a bid to manage the city, Pokhara Metropolitan City is preparing to construct a bus park.

Construction of Pokhara Bus Park, which was planned some 35 years ago, will be constructed in co-ordination with the provincial government and the Town Development Fund, according to the metropolitan city.

Earlier, the bus park was planned to be constructed at Prithivi Chowk. In 1975, Pokhara Town Development Committee had acquired a total of 205 ropani land for the construction of Pokhara Bus Park. After the construction of Prithivi Highway, the size of the land was reduced to 187 ropani.

After the land was encroached by landless squatters, its size got reduced to a mere 25 ropani.

According to the municipality, the propos...