Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province, Trilochan Bhatta, has said programs would be launched in a planned manner to make the freed haliyas self-reliant. Haliyas were bonded laborers 13 years back. On the occasion of the 13th Halaya Liberation Day on Monday, CM Bhatta said at a program organized at Sita village, that the freed haliya households would be provided income-generating opportunities. Preparation of necessary laws has been finalised, the CM added. Various schemes as rehabilitation, verification of records on haliya, career development, and arrangement of the concessional loan were being launched for the empowerment of haliyas. He however said only law does not suffice, we need a change in mindset to ensure equality. For the change, a common and collective struggle is imperative, according to CM Bhatta. With the change in the political system, the people have felt development, he asserted, adding that there was no need to reach the federal capital to running small-scale development projects. The Sudurpaschim government is there for the sake of poor people, he ensured.
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