Kathmandu, July 29
Minister for
Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation, Bala Ram Adhikari, has
distributed land ownership certificates to 553 local residents of Rupandehi who
have been living there for years but have been deprived of ownership to the
land.
On Monday,
Minister Adhikari distributed the 553 certificates to the residents of Siyari
Rural Municipality- 4 where the survey of 19 villages and blocks has been
completed, the secretariat of the Minister informed in a statement.
Senior
citizens, disabled and single women expressed their happiness after receiving the
certificates. They said that with this, they were freed from the pain of not
having land ownership proof for years.
Speaking at
the certificate distribution programme, Minister Adhikari said that the
formation process for the Land Commission was in the final stage, and promised
to permanently solve the problem of landlessness.
He informed
that the government has prepared to distribute land ownership certificates to
500,000 landless squatters. Thaneshwar Ghimire, Chairman of Siyari, appreciated
the step taken by the ministry in distributing the certificates.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 30 July 2024.
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