Bara, July 30
With construction of Nijgadh International Airport starting, locals affected by the project at Tangiyabasti in Jitpur-Simara Sub-metropolitan City have demanded proper rehabilitation.
The locals have asked the government to make arrangements for their rehabilitation as the project will be occupying 24 hectare of their land.
The new airport is being built on land that stretches across Kolhabi Municipality, Nijgadh Municipality and Jitpur-Simara Sub-metropolis in Bara district.
Around 1,476 families are living in the area.
Organising a press meet today, Tangiyabasti Stakeholders Committee said the construction of the airport had made their future uncertain.
The committee has asked the government to provide two bigaha, five kaththa land and food supplies for one-and-a-half-years to each of the displaced families. The committee has also asked the government to provide job to one member of each of the affected family. It has sought proper management of water, electricity and education in the place where the locals will be relocated.
Committee Chairman Ramesh Kumar Sapkota said they would not vacate the area unless their demands were addressed. Sapkota warned that they would not stay silent if the government tried to forcibly vacate the settlement that it had established 40 years ago.
A version of this article appears in print on July 31, 2017 of The Himalayan Times.
KATHMANDU, JANUARY 16 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli slammed the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar for spreading the rumour that he had met four justices of the Supreme Court. Addressing a gathering of his faction’s Province 1 chapter cadres in Kath Read More...
KATHMANDU, JANUARY 16 Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, who returned from his three-day India visit today, said that he sought supply of COVID-19 vaccines for essential sectors and India had kept Nepal on priority for supplying the vaccines. Talking to mediapersons upon arrival at Tribhu Read More...
KATHMANDU, JANUARY 16 The main opposition Nepali Congress today held demonstrations in all 753 local levels across the country against the government’s December 20 move to dissolve the House of Representative. Majority of senior leaders of the NC flayed the government for dissolving the Hous Read More...
LONDON: A late goal from Mason Mount gave Chelsea a laboured 1-0 win at 10-man Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday, easing some of the pressure off their manager Frank Lampard. The result provisionally lifted Chelsea two places up to seventh on 29 points from 18 games, with South Read More...
CHITWAN, JANUARY 16 Senior Nepali Congress leader Ramchandra Paudel today said that dissolution of the House of Representatives was a step against the nation and nationality. Addressing a mass meeting organised by Nepali Congress Bharatpur Metropolitan Committee in Bharatpur, Paudel said that Read More...
RAJBIRAJ, JANUARY 16 Province 2 Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut today said though the Supreme Court verdict should be acceptable, circumstances in which the Parliament was dissolved were suspicious. Addressing the 10th General Assembly of Saptari chapter of Federation of Nepali Journalists at Bana Read More...
DHANKUTA, JANUARY 16 Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa said that dissolution of the Parliament was an imperative for the sake of political stability. Addressing a district-level meeting of party cadres in Dhankuta today, the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader claimed that the prime minster h Read More...
NEPALGUNJ, JANUARY 16 District Administration Office, Banke, has tightened security to prevent the possible spread of bird flu in Banke. The DAO took the decision after bird flu was found in different states of India. The DAO has banned import of birds and poultry-related items from India. Read More...
