60,570 families apply for land ownership certificates in Jhapa

लगानी न्यूज

१९ कार्तिक २०८३, बिहीबार ११:११November 5, 2026

Jhapa. The Land Problem Resolution Committee has registered applications of 60,570 families, including landless, squatters and unorganized settlers, for land acquisition.

According to Chief District Officer Shrawan Kumar Pokharel, who is also the chairman of the committee, 2,896 families have applied for landless Dalits, 15,783 families from landless squatters and 41,851 families from the landless settlements. Apart from this, the number of applicant families who were incomplete and incomplete from the previous commission is 5,296, according to the committee.TAG_OPEN_div_18

CDO Pokharel said that the revenue rate has also been revised for land management. According to the new provision, the revenue rate has been fixed at 12 percent of the minimum valuation for housing and seven percent for agricultural purposes.TAG_OPEN_div_16

According to him, the Land Problem Resolution Committee, Jhapa, is working day and night with the objective of resolving the land related problems of the general public at the earliest.TAG_OPEN_div_14

Meanwhile, Minister TAG_OPEN_div_12 for Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration, Pratibha Rawal, on Monday and Tuesday met with the landless squatters at different local levels of the district and informed them that the incumbent government was preparing to distribute the land ownership certificates by resolving the problem of landless squatters.

Minister Rawal held discussion with the Land Problem Resolution Committee and the Chief Administrative Officer of the local level and directed them to give first priority to the distribution of land ownership certificates.TAG_OPEN_div_10