E/CN.4/1995/91/Add.1 page 46 Squatter settlements were built in public parks, playgrounds, schools, hospital compounds, places of worship of various faiths, along the railways lines and highways. Even cemeteries were not spared. These squatters lived in crowded dwellings unfit for human habitation. 16. With a view to promoting a clean and healthy environment and eradicating undesirable squalor, the State Law and Order Restoration Council adopted a policy of systematically rebuilding towns and villages. As a result, these squatters were resettled in new towns. 17. In keeping with building new towns and villages for the benefit of the working people, regulations were laid down by the municipal authorities. These regulations relate to building pagodas, stupas, monasteries, mosques, temples, human dwellings, etc. As such, devotees of various faiths were not allowed to build or construct places of worship, etc., at any place to their liking. Regulations forbid building of pagodas, monasteries, etc., in residential areas. Neither are they allowed to build or construct places of worship or religious buildings at inappropriate places. Special or appropriate places were allocated for building of religious edifices. 18. Similarly regulations were laid down with respect to locations of cemeteries. 19. In accordance with the regulations mentioned in the foregoing, religious artefacts that belonged to people of various faiths were moved to appropriate places allocated especially for religious compounds. Among these were: (a) Images representing 28 Buddhas were moved from the squatters’ areas in front of the People’s Parliament to Nyaungyan Pagoda, Kabar-Aye. (b) Two small Buddhist stupas built in the Insein Prison were moved to Nyaungyan Pagoda. (c) One Buddhist stupa built by an individual, located on Industry Road, was moved to Nyaungyan Pagoda at Kabar-Aye. (d) The statue of goddess Kali was moved from the squatters’ areas in front of the People’s Parliament to a Hindu temple located in Yankin. (e) The statue of goddess Kali situated in the compound for the Institute of Nursing was moved to a town called Nyaunglaybin. (f) The temple of Pashu God situated near the Martyrs’ Mausoleum was moved to a Hindu religious compound in Sanchaung township, Yangon. (g) A few mosques which were built at inappropriate places and without the authorization of the municipal authorities were moved to appropriate religious compounds. Similarly, cemeteries that belonged to the people of Islamic faith which were situated in the heart of towns and villages were moved to appropriate places.