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Kathmandu Thursday October 26, 2000 Kartik 10, 2057.
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Former Kamaiyas seek
rehabilitation
Post Report
DHANGADHI, Oct 25 - Recently liberated
Kamaiyas once again reiterated that they would come to the streets unless the government
immediately arrange for their rehabilitation.
The government declared emancipation of the
Kamaiyas from the age-old semi-slavery bonded-labour system practised in the five
districts of the Mid-and Far-Western Terai region on July 17.
Kamaiya Liberation Struggle Committee on
Monday requested the government to meet their 12-point demand by the end of November 5.
Some of the pertinent demands made here
public by the committee include ten katthas of land to each Kamaiya family, immediate
distribution of Identity Cards to all the erstwhile Kamaiyas, implementation of the
minimum agriculture wage set-forth by the government and, abolition of the current
practice of identifying the Kamaiyas based on the recommendation of the landlords.
A press release issued by committee's
coordinator Raj Dev Chaudhary demanded that government should provide small farmers with
agriculture tools, seeds and fertilizers on subsidized rate and modern agriculture system
in the five Terai districts of the region.
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