'Govt shall resolve landless issues within 1,000 days'

By A Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, Oct. 6: Prime Minister Balendra Shah has said that the government has set a target of resolving the problem of landless squatters across the country within 1,000 days, making the issue a key performance indicator of the Rastriya Swatantra Party-led government. 

In his social media post on Monday, Prime Minister Shah informed that 5,737 families of landless settlers, landless Dalits, landless squatters and unorganised settlers have so far received land ownership registration certificates. 

He informed that a total of 1,311,197 applications related to land problems have been entered into the system, and their study and verification are underway. 

“This is just the beginning. We have now entered the phase of expanding and accelerating this process across the country,” he said. The priority would now be determined based on the verified data to accelerate the distribution of land ownership certificates, the Prime Minister said. 

The government had changed the approach to resolving the longstanding land problem, opting for a system based on expertise, coordination with local governments and clear responsibilities instead of politically driven structures and unnecessary layers.  

He further informed that the government has forwarded the process of relocating landless squatters living in areas of public importance and risk-prone locations to safer places.