Locals of Balaju area have been agitated due to the construction of the missionary wall on the bank of Mahadev Khola that borders Kathmandu Metropolitan City-16 and Tarkeshwar Municipality; the issue of which is under consideration at the apex court. Locals said that one-way construction without maintaining equal distance would displace dozens of households in the metropolitan area.

Locals allege that the municipality and the local police have not complied with the Supreme Court's interim order issued on September 21 to stop the construction work immediately. Mayor of Tarkeshwar Municipality Rameshwor Bohara said he was not aware of the issued interim order .Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police Circle Balaju stated that the border dispute between the two local levels will not be resolved by the police.