“Don’t buy land after seeing the road used by brick kilns”

KATHMANDU: Shree Ganesh Fix Brick Industry is located approximately fifteen minutes west of the Bhaktapur industrial area.

While passing through the broad road of plotting land near the Hanumante river, an old bridge is discovered. Tall trees line the path to the bridge. Notices are pasted in large letters on a nearby tree among them.

The notice board written in white letters on a blue board, blue letters on a white board, seems to catch anyone’s attention.

When they see the notice board, new people walking down the road stand up straight. Read the notice. And they continue on their way.

Every year, the number of houses built on vacant land in the valley grows. However, no house has been constructed on the grounds of Shri Ganesh Fix brick kiln. After the kiln season is over, the area becomes desolate. In the brick-making area, paddy stalks are hung. Farmers can be found working in fields all over the country.

After all, why weren’t houses built there?

If you read the notice affixed to the tree, you might conclude that the house was never built as the brick kiln is on private property. As the sign says, ‘Don’t bother buying land here. It is written that this is the industry’s private path.

People can buy land by seeing the wide road of the brick kiln, according to Suraj Suwal, owner of Shree Ganesh Fix Brick Industry. Despite the fact that it is Bhatta’s private road. The road will be closed after the end of the brick klin season. The roads are not marked on the map of that location.

‘New people from outside don’t know,’ he says, ‘that they can buy land just by looking at the road to the brick kiln. That is why we issued the notice. We have already informed you that the road is in good condition and that there will be issues if the land is purchased and sold.’

He stated that after posting the information, people will be aware and will not become involved in the affairs of brokers, thereby avoiding trouble.

‘People understand what is going on, and we have put up notices so they will know when they are duped by brokers,’ he says.

The land owned by the brick kiln is not the brick kiln’s private property. Bhatta, according to the owner, leased the land (rent). Previously, there was no example of purchasing land after witnessing Bhatta’s path. However, they have withheld the information in order to prevent such incidents from occurring.

‘Until now, no one has been trapped here by buying real estate believing that the temporary road is a map road, but we have posted this notice to prevent this from happening,’ he said.

-Tenzing Dolma Tamang