squatters

The municipality came up with a plan to distribute land ownership certificates to the landless people to manage unplanned settlements

Squatters have requested the government to make alternative arrangements for them to live.

National Land Commission has said works are going on to collect and verify details of landless dalits.

The commission has requested all local levels to not remove squatters or make them unsafe until the landowner certificate distribution is completed.

Minister for Urban Development and CPN (Unified Socialist) leader Metmani Chaudhari has said existing alliance of ruling parties.

The village municipality had been inspecting the land for a long time but was unable to distribute it.

A total of 46 Dalit households from Aptari Devkota Chowk of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-2 were given the land ownership documents.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the government to carry out an impartial investigation into the Rupandehi incident, to bring the culprits to book and to provide free medical treatment to those injured in the incident.

The government has made it clear that any attempt to encroach on government or public land outside the legal process will be dealt with in accordance with the law.

The Lumbini Province government has decided to provide Rs 100,000 as compensation to families of those who died in Motipur incident.