KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 18
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today took to social media, stating that anyone who trespassed on Tribhuvan University's (TU) land will face legal action.
Upon receiving the TU Land Search Commission's report, PM Oli stated that the land will be brought under TU's jurisdiction, and those who encroached on it would face consequences.
On Tuesday, PM Oli received a report from the committee formed to search for TU property. Today, Oli wrote on Facebook, "The government will implement it by further investigating the facts recommended in the Search Commission's report. The land of Tribhuvan University will be named after the institution, and anyone who encroaches on it will face legal consequences."
Prime Minister Oli has stated that previously unstudied areas will be further investigated. "The commission's recommendations will be implemented immediately, and any remaining issues will be investigated further. We will make it to the conclusion," he said.
On May 31, 2024, the government appointed a committee to investigate Tribhuvan University's land, which was led by former secretary Sharada Prasad Trital.
However, when Trital became ill, committee member Mahendra Kumar Thapa was appointed coordinator. The committee's members included Janaki Ballabh Adhikari and Prem Sagar Chapagain. On Tuesday, they delivered the investigation report to the Prime Minister's residence in Baluwatar.
The investigation committee has also proposed solutions to the issue of land misuse and utilisation at Tribhuvan University's 21 Kathmandu Valley campuses, which include Kirtipur, Naikap, Dhunge Adda, and Patan. The committee has also suggested writing a letter to the Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIB) and the Nepal Police's Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) about land misuse.
PM Oli recalled that a commission was formed in 2019, coordinated by Trital, to look for Lalita Niwas' land, and wished him a speedy recovery.
"A coincidence: in 2019, we formed a commission from the Council of Ministers led by Sharada Prasad Trital to search for Lalita Niwas' land. The process of transferring Lalita Niwas' land to the government is currently underway," reads PM Oli's post.
Previously, the government formed a five-member committee, led by former secretary Sharada Prasad Trital, to investigate and make specific recommendations regarding the encroachment on Tribhuvan University-owned land.
According to reports, 60 plots are used by the Republican Memorial, 150 by the BP Koirala Memorial Planetarium, Observatory, and Science Museum, and 281 by the Temperate Horticulture Centre under the Ministry of Agriculture.
According to the TU's General Administration Division, approximately 1,000 of the university's 3,307 plots in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, have been encroached upon.
According to the report of the TU's Committee of Land Identification and Evaluation, which was formed in 2017 under the coordination of Prof. Anup Kumar, the university owns approximately 14,788,752 square meters of land, of which 1,336,931.53 square meters are fully owned.
The remaining 125 ropanis of TU land in the Naikap Naya Bhanjyang area of the Kalanki-Thankot road section in Chandragiri Municipality.