TANAHUN, APRIL 10

The municipalities of Tanahun have started distributing landownership certificates to landless people after years.

As the local level elections are approaching, two municipalities have started distributing such certificates to landless squatters.

Shuklagandaki Municipality and Bandipur Rural Municipality have started distributing ownership certificates to the landless in all the wards. Shuklagandaki Municipality, in collaboration with the National Land Commission, has started distribution of the document from Shantinagar in Shuklagandaki.

It may be noted that 930 landless, squatters and unmanaged settlers of Shuklagandaki had applied for landownership certificate.

Of the 866 landless people, whose details have been verified, landownership certificate is being given to 247 people in the first phase, said Chief Administrative Officer Lila Ballabh Neupane.

Altogether, 4,403 petitions from landless people have been collected from all 12 wards of the municipality.

The distribution of landownership certificate has been affected due to frequent change of government officials along with change in government.

Bandipur has also started distributing ownership certificates to landless squatters.

The rural municipality has started distributing documents as part of the process of certifying the ownership of the land used by locals for many years.

According to the agreement reached with the National Land Commission, the landless Dalits and landless squatters have been given land titles, said rural municipality Chair Purna Singh Thapa.

A version of this article appears in the print on April 11, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.