Minister Poudel stresses on providing land to landless squatters

February 2, Kathmandu: Minister for Finance Bishnu Poudel has directed concerned authorities to intensify the bid to distribute land to landless squatters, the Dalits and other marginalized communities that have no land ownership certificate.

At an interaction at the Ministry with the officials of Land Related Problem Resolution Commission on Monday, Minister Poudel said that providing land to landless squatters was a prime task of the government.

Similarly, commission chair Devi Gyawali shared that the commission was working in full phase to manage the land to the needy people in collaboration with local levels.

According to the commission, it has forged an agreement with 401 local levels of 74 districts to manage land to the needy one meeting the criteria so far.