DHANGADHI: Dhangadhi Sub Metropolitan on Monday has dismantled more than four dozen houses which were obstructing the Dhangadhi-Attariya six-lane road way. Chief of the Sub-Metropolitan Nirpa Bahadur Wad led the team that demolished the structures along the road way after construction works came to a halt. The locals supported the initiative undertaken by the metropolis to bring down structures of house owners who were obstructing the road expansion project. According to Wad, the Sub-Metropolitan requested the house owners to knock down structures built on road way multiple times. However, the municipality was bound to run excavators after the owners disobeyed. “We allotted time to owners and even requested them but they took our leniency as a weakness,” said the Chief, “We were bound to knock down those houses after facing possibilities of budget freeze and project call-off.” The expansion project had not gained momentum after the house owners obstructed the construction, Project Head, Manish Shah said. Although the Rs 1.68 billion project was slated for completion in two years, the works have not progressed as per the plan, Project Office informed.