259 landless families receive land ownership certificates in Chitwan

Chitwan, Aug 29: The Land Problem Settlement Commission district committee has handed over land ownership certificates to 259 landless Dalit, landless squatters and unmanaged settlers in Chitwan. 

Commission chair Iman Singh Moktan informed that land ownership certificates were distributed to 130 families from Ratnanagar Municipality and 129 from Bharatpur Metropolitan City. 

A total of 51,000 persons had applied for land ownership certificates at the commission. 

Work is under progress in a way to distribute certificates to 400 landless families, it is shared. 

Land ownership certificates for 150 families have been prepared so far. The target is to prepare certificates for 400 families by the end of Asoj (October 17), chair Moktan said. The commission is working in coordination with local level.  (RSS)