Land Commission, local governments sign MoU for resolving landless issue

SINDHUPALCHOK: A programme has begun to provide land to the landless people and manage the unmanaged settlements in Sindhupalchok district. The programme has come into an effect with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the National Land Commission and local governments in Sindhupalchok district. It has been reported that 10 local governments of Sindhupalchok, excluding Helambu and Panchpokhari Thangpal rural municipalities had signed the MoU. In order to identify and certify landless Dalit, squatters and unsettled households and also to distribute land, a programme was organised at Chautara on Sunday on the initiative of National Land Commission district committee. National Land Commission District Committee chairperson Jhanka Prasad Parajuli shared that it has opened up ways to distribute land to the landless Dalit and squatters and manage the unmanaged settlements in Sindhupalchok according to the rule. He further informed that a process has been put forward to distribute land to the community for agriculture and house construction. By RSS READ ALSO:

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