Local levels urged to complete classification of land by the end of current fiscal year

Kathmandu, May 20: Minister for Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation, Balram Adhikari, urged all local levels to complete land classification activities within the last of the current fiscal year.     

Responding to queries raised by lawmakers in course of discussion on the proposal of seeking consideration on Bill to amend some Nepal Acts related to Land, 2082, Minister Adhikari mentioned that different types of problems might surface if land is not classified within the deadline.     

He opined that the bill related to land was brought with an objective of manage landless, squatters and unsystematic settlement as well as to ease the real estate related activities, adding it would address the administrative complexities related to land.     

The Minister for Land Management clarified that there is no truth to the questions and doubts raised in parliament about the bill being beneficial for land mafias and intermediaries.     

"It has been said that those who bought land in the past but have not yet obtained permission from the government will be granted permission. There are more than one hundred applications for this since the year 2074 BS. We have said that we will regulate it. This is in accordance with past procedures," Minister Adhikari clarified.     

MPs call for timely legal provisions to resolve land issues     

Before this, taking part in the discussions on the proposal seeking consideration on the Bill to Amend Some Nepal Land Acts, 2082 BS, the lawmakers said that although the legislation has tried to make timely legal arrangements to address the existing land-related issues in the country, some provisions have raised concerns.     

During discussions on the bill, the ruling party MPs stated that the government is making legal arrangements to resolve land-related issues and positive provisions have been included in it whereas the opposition party MPs expressed their views, fearing that the bill would create a situation where arable land is unnecessarily plotted and sold.     

Lawmakers Sushila Shirpali Thakuri, Ranendra Baraili, Metmani Chaudhary, Damodar Paudel Bairagi, Lal Prasad Sanwa Limbu, Saharaj Ahmad, Saraswati Subba, Amaresh Kumar Singh, Manish Jha, Rajendra Prasad Pandey, Sumana Shrestha, Hitraj Pandey and Mahesh Kumar Bartaula took part in the discussions.     

Similarly, MPs Surya Prasad Dhakal, Bijula Rayamajhi, Ranju Kumari Jha, Narayani Sharma, Chirring Dumdul Lama Bhote, Ammar Bahadur Thapa, Achyut Prasad Mainali, Shiva Nepali, Durga Rai, Prem Suwal, Mina Tamang, Prem Bahadur Maharjan, Ganesh Parajuli, Rekha Yadav, Ammar Bahadur Rayamajhi, Aman Lal Modi, Gyanu Basnet Subedi, Dr Chanda Karki, Deepa Sharma, Chhiring Lhamu Lama Tamang and Lekhnath Dahal put their views on the principles of the bill. (RSS)