Proceed work to rehabilitate Kamaiyas: Ojha

Dhangadhi, Nov. 13 (RSS): Minister for Land Reforms and Management Siddha Raj Ojha has instructed the Freed Kamaiya Identification and Rehabilitation Monitoring and Coordination Committee, Kailali in the district to proceed with the rehabilitation work by leaving no room for complaints and disputes.

The minister was speaking at a meeting of the committee here on Nov. 12.

The meeting chaired by chairman of the committee and Kailali DDC Narayan Datta Mishra reviewed the progress made so far in the rehabilitation of the freed Kamaiyas and discussed future actions.

In course of rehabilitating the former Kamaiyas, the committee has already distributed identification cards to 257 freed Kamaiyas at Dhangadhi town area, Malakheti, Geta, Beladevipur and Chaumala VDCs.

Distribution of such identification cards to other freed Kamaiyas in other areas is under way, according to member secretary of the committee and head of the Kailali land reforms office Maheshwor Neupane.

Likewise, the committee has identified 17 bighas of land at Malakheti and 26 bighas at Sripur VDC for distribution to the former Kamaiyas. The committee is continuing to explore such land in other areas as well.

The freed Kamaiyas are taking shelter in 17 make shift camps at Pathariya, Baliya, Dododhara, Masuriya, Chaumala, Pratappur, Malakheti, Geta, Dhangadhi and Urma.

According to the committee, 2,688 of the freed Kamaiyas in the district are landless, while 108 other are living on unregistered land and 533 families have their own land.