The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has relocated almost 50 per cent of the houses of squatters along the Chao Phraya River banks to pave the way for the controversial 14-kilometre river walkways project, a BMA deputy governor said on Friday.

Demolition of riverside homes in Bangkok’s Wat Thewarat Kunchorn community began on Wednesday, the latest area to be cleared to make way for the controversial “Chao Phraya for All” promenade.