Land plotting norm

Kathmandu: The government on Tuesday implemented a new standard for plotting land to discourage the increasing trend of dividing land to very small plots. The Ministry of Physical Planning and Works came up with the new provision with immediate effect to check haphazard urbanisation. The earlier provision was in force for the past 14 years.

According to the new provision, the land measuring eight ana would be considered a separate area, a press release issued by the KMC said.

Earlier people were allowed to divide the land to separate plots measuring four ana. — HNS

Panel’s meeting

KATHMANDU: The meeting of Joint Monitoring Coordination Committee relating to management of cantonment and arms of Combatant of CPN (Maoist), held here on Tuesday, has decided to form joint monitoring teams to monitor the management of cantonment and arms. The monitoring teams would comprise representatives each form Nepalese Army, CPN (Maoist) and United Nations. There would be 10 monitoring teams and they would begin their work from June 1. — RSS

Prisoners’ stir

KATHMANDU: Women prisoners and detainees of the Central Jail on Tuesday said they support the agitation of prisoners in the Nakkhu Jail, as the government failed to form a high-level committee to look into the demand of the prisoners for amnesty. Prisoners of Nakkhu Jail had earlier called off their movement in the presence of Members of Parliament, human rights activists and journalists. They are, however, planning to resume the stir. — HNS

Exhibition of books

Kathmandu: Pairavi Prakashan today launched a four-day exhibition of law books at the hall of the Nepal Bar Association (NBA). President of the NBA, Bishwa Kanta Mainali, inaugurated the law books exihibition. Executive Director of the Publication, Padam Siwakoti, claimed that this was the first exhibition of law books and many historical books have been made available in the exhibition. — HNS