Shrestha vows to make land services more convenient

The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation is to mark the centenary of the first registration of land record in the country for three days from today by organizing various programmes.

A special programme is to be organized at the Rastriya Sabha Griha (City Hall) tomorrow. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will also be present in this event. All the land reform and land revenue offices under the Land Management and Archives Department and the Land Survey Department will provide information regarding the latest reforms carried out so far in the land administration sector.

Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Shashi Shrestha shared at a press conference in Kathmandu today that the land-related services were being provided from 126 offices across the country. She said efforts were on to make these services convenient, simplified and transparent.

The Land Management Minister said that the necessary plan and programmes had been formulated for implementing the land use policy and act for checking the fragmentation and plotting of cultivable land and to make land management works more effective.