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Kathmandu, Friday January 07, 2000 Paush 23rd, 2056.
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Locals
forced to migrate for fear of Maoists
-By
a Post Reporter
MUSIKOT,
Jan 6 - The pace of migration from Rukum district has increased
tremendously over the last four years due to Maoist problem.
People
who have migrated to different places from this district have said
they had to go out of the district in search of a safe place to dwell.
They say that they were victims of dual terrorism - terrosism let
loose by the Maoists as well as the police.
“When
we were unable to bear the violence, murder and terrorism, what can we
do? We have to leave behind our native place for our stability and
security,” said Bhim Raj K.C. who had recently sold his property in
a bid to migrate.
Apart
from large scale migration, young people are also leaving their homes
to go abroad in search of job. Thus the district looks almost
deserted. If the current pace of migration is not averted, local
intellectuals have estimated that half of the population will have
migrated in the next two years.
Most
of the local people have expressed the view that the major cause of
migration is insecurity in life. Although no exact data is available,
it is estimated that the number of people who have already migrated is
almost one-third of the total population of the district.
Most
of the residents are unable to sell their land as they will have to
dispose of their land at half the usual price. Many of them have left
their homes without selling anything.
Development
activities have come to a standstill as the local representatives have
not been able to return to their village since the day they were
elected.
A
teacher of the local campus said that the terror created by Maoists is
the main reason behind this massive scale of migration and the police
have also added to this terror.
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