August 26 As part of its campaign to demolish illegally built structures, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City on Thursday pulled down structures built illegally by Alfa Beta Complex in New Baneshwar.    
Earlier, a KMC team led by mayor Balen Shah inspected the complex in the morning. During the monitoring, a brief argument took place between Shah and the owner of the complex.    
After the dispute, mayor Shah again reached the complex with a map along with a dozer to destroy the structures found to have been built illegally, said KMC police chief Raju Nath Pandey.    
"From now on, we should not be forced to bring down structures built illegally. The locals should destroy them themselves. Structures should be used according to their use as per the approved maps," said Shah.    
Prior to this, the KMC had issued a 35-day notice asking all concerned stakeholders to demolish structures built illegally. It resorted to this move from August 22 after the notice expired, said a KMC official.    
"A business operating at the basement of a building housing Mukti Bikas Bank at ward-9 has been asked to shut down," said Pandey.    
As part of the campaign, the KMC on Wednesday destroyed structures built illegally at the Kathmandu Mall and RB Complex. -- RSS