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Kathmandu Tuesday May 29, 2001 Jestha 16, 2058.
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Homeless
ex-Kamaiyas to get land
Post Report
TULSIPUR, May 28 - The District Land Reforms Office today
said that the office would distribute land ownership certificates to all the homeless
former Kamaiyas (bonded labourers) within this week.
According to Land Reforms Officer, Bharat Kumar
Bhudhathoki, land registration process has already been completed for 326 ex-Kamaiya
families. The remaining 124 families will also be settled on public land within a few
weeks, Budhathoki said.
Official records show that out of 1,127 former Kamaiyas
from across Dang, only 450 families are homeless. The government has decided to provide
land to those former Kamaiyas who are landless and homeless.
Bhudhathoki said almost all the former Kamaiyas would be
settled on the public land in various parts of the district. The District Land Reforms
Office said there is more than 1,300 bighas of public land in the district but most of it
has been occupied by the locals.
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