Minister Rawal visits squatters’ settlements in Jhapa, vows to address problems

Jhapa / Nov 3: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs, and General Administration, Pratibha Rawal, today engaged in field visits to hear grievances of landless squatters, and dwellers of unsystematic settlements in Jhapa.

On Monday and today, the Minister visited Damak, Kankai, Arjundhara and Buddhashanti areas and interacted with the closes.

Interacting with locals today at a squatters’ settlement in Buddhashanti Rural Municipality-4, she assured that the government would address the squatters’ issues permanently.

The Minister further assured that the landless citizens of Buddhashanti Rural Municipality that they would receive their land ownership certificates within the next two months. The locals said that they had been waiting for the land certificates for long.

Lawmaker Ramesh Prasai from Jhapa-1 said that Minister’s visit aimed to address the issues of landless residents as previous efforts towards that end had not yielded the expected progress. According to him, the locals are encouraged by the Minister visit to their areas.

Immediately upon arriving in Jhapa on Monday, Minister Rawal engaged in a meeting at the District Administration Office with the Chief Administrative Officers from all 15 local levels in the district. On the occasion, she instructed them to work expeditiously and in a result-oriented manner to resolve the issues concerning the landless residents. RSS