KATHMANDU: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration Pratibha Rawal has directed to expedite the distribution of land ownership certificates to the landless people.

During an interaction with the office-bearers of the District Land Problems Resolution Committee, chief administrative officers of all 15 local levels of the district and employees of the land section at the District Administration Office, he said that the progress so far in distributing land ownership certificates to landless Dalits, landless squatters and unorganized settlers was not satisfactory. Minister Rawal said, “The progress so far cannot be considered satisfactory. Thousands of land ownership certificates should have been distributed to the landless, but the expected results have not been seen. ”

Stating that the government has already made policy reforms through an ordinance to resolve the land-related problems, she said that the government would facilitate if there are any more difficulties in the legal and policy provisions. Expressing seriousness about resolving the problem, he said that the work should not be delayed by showing procedural confusion.

“I don’t think there is any problem now for the District Land Problem Resolution Committee to work administratively. The government is counting down the days to solve this problem,” he said, adding, “So, speed up the work so that the results are visible.” ”

He directed the government to resolve the problems of landless and landless squatters as per the government’s priorities and make the distribution of land certificates fruitful. Members of the House of Representatives, Prakash Pathak, Shambhu Suskera Dhakal and Ramesh Prasain also suggested to expedite the work to resolve the problem of landless permanently. They said that both the political leadership and the bureaucracy should work responsibly to restore the people’s lost trust.

Chief District Officer Shrawan Kumar Pokharel informed about the progress made so far and the upcoming action plan in the district and expressed commitment to expedite the distribution of the parts. He assured that clear results of the work would be seen in the coming days as the team has already been mobilized with additional human resources.

According to Shiva Prasad Lamsal, member secretary of the District Land Problems Resolution Committee and chief of the District Survey Office, Jhapa, more than 60,200 people have applied for land acquisition in the district.

He informed that after the formation of the new committee, land ownership certificates have been distributed to 74 people so far. The Chief Administrative Officers of the local levels informed about the progress made to resolve the land problem in their respective municipalities and the future action plan.