Chitwan, Dec 7 : The National Land Commission District Committee in Chitwan has received over 4,394 applications since the publication of a notice on August 16 this year.
The
service-seekers, all of them either landless squatters or those residing in
unmanaged settlements, submitted the applications for verification of land
ownership, registration certificate and field book.
With the
additional applications, the total number of applications received by the
Office of Land Commission in Chitwan stands at 8,526 till date.
Initially, the
Commission in Chitwan had received 4,132 applications from Dalit, landless
squatters and residents of unmanaged settlements in the district, informed
non-gazetted first class officer Kalpana Kumari Kunwar.
Among the
applicants, 179 have received land ownership card so far while other
applications are under process, Kunwar said. Land mapping is also underway in
various local levels in the district to allocate for the deserving
applicants.
Land measuring
1,773,529.866 square metres in area has been mapped so far in Bharatpur
Metropolitan City to relocate the landless squatters and those living
haphazardly in illegally built structures, shared Kunwar. (RSS)