Food items given to freed haliyas in Bajura Nepali Heritage Charity Foundation and COVID-19 RAPID Action Task Force Calgary Nepalese Community Association provided food items to the freed haliyas of Budhinanda Municipality in coordination with Madimalika Media House in Bajura. Nepal 24 Jun, 2021
Freed haliyas bearing the brunt of pandemic The freed haliya families in Bajura have been hit hard due to the crisis induced by the pandemic. Nepal 12 Jun, 2021
Freed Haliya struggle to make ends meet KANCHANPUR: The freed haliyas (bonded agricultural labourers) in the far-west are finding it difficult to make their ends meet due to the nationwide lockdown imposed by the government to stem the spread of Coronavirus in the country. Haliyas, who... Travel 12 Apr, 2020
Freed 'haliya' struggle to survive amid lockdown in Bajura BAJURA: Food has become scarce for the freed haliya (bonded agricultural labourer) who plough fields to make their ends meet, amid the government-imposed nationwide lockdown. Daily wage earners including the freed agricultural labourers have been... Travel 08 Apr, 2020
�Government money too less to build houses� Kathmandu, July 8 The government’s plan to rehabilitate all freed kamaiya and haliya within this fiscal year did not succeed as the federal government outsourced the job to local governments saying the jurisdiction had been shifted from the... Travel 09 Jul, 2019
Freed Haliyas get land Kanchanpur, March 23 Thirty-five freed Haliya families have been rehabilitated in Bagfata of Bhimdutta Municipality-19, in Kanchanpur district . The Land Reforms Office provided each family categorised under A group nine dhur of land and Rs... Travel 24 Mar, 2019
EDITORIAL: Left in the lurch The SC has rightly observed that it is a matter of shame if human beings are exploited in the name of customs and practices The Haliya system, a feudal system in which a well-to-do family had customary right to keep tenants and their entire family as... 09 Jul, 2018
Complete haliya, kamaiya rehabilitation in three years, Supreme Court tells govt Kathmandu, July 7 The Supreme Court issued a directive to the government telling it to start rehabilitating freed kamaiyas (bonded agricultural labourers) within three months and to complete the process within three years. The apex court also... Travel 08 Jul, 2018
EDITORIAL: Not enough The freed Haliyas lament that the government assistance for their rehabilitation is inadequate to buy a piece of land for building a modest home It has been nine years since the Haliyas, the Dalit families who do not have their own land to build homes... 06 Oct, 2017
Fund for rehabilitation of Haliyas Bajura, May 9 The government has allocated Rs 64.5 million for the rehabilitation of freed Haliyas in Bajura district. The Ministry of Land Reform and Management has sent the amount to District Land Revenue Office, Bajura. The amount will... Travel 10 May, 2017
Dashain festival brings no cheer to freed Haliyas of Bajura BAJURA: Freed Haliyas of 11 VDCs of Bajura are facing a hard time as the district experienced a long drought this year. Haliyas were the bonded labourers who work for their landlords for want of their own lands. Though freed, they are still... Travel 05 Oct, 2016
Haliya settlement faces landslide risk BAJURA, July 18 “It feels somehow safe during the day, but as the night sets in, we are in constant fear that a landslide might struck and we might get killed,” said Dhane Sarki of Badhu VDC-9, Pipaldali, Bajura, one of the settlements which... Travel 19 Jul, 2015
