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The Pokhara Metropolitan City has started demolishing illegal structures along the lakeside of Phewa Lake on Saturday morning.

1. This action follows an old Supreme Court order to protect the lake.
2. Even parts of a well-known resort (Waterfront Resort) were torn down.
3. The committee had also tested water samples used and discharged by the resort. laboratory tests found the water to be unfit for consumption.
4. The demolition was done by the city with help from the police, after pressure from the Prime Minister.

What the court had ordered earlier:

1. No buildings should be built within 65 meters of the lake.
2. The lakeside should be declared a protected area.
3. Any private land inside the lake area should be taken back and made part of the lake.
4. Authorities must work together to protect the lake, its water, and wildlife, and stop pollution.

TLDR; The government is finally enforcing a long-standing court decision to protect Phewa Lake by removing illegal structures near it.

All Annapurna summits. From left to the right: Annapurna South, Annapurna I with the snow covered Hiunchuli in front, Machapucharé (steep summit left of the image center), Annapurna III (image center in the background), Annapurna IV, Annapurna II, and Lamjung Himal.