A meeting of the panel members, MoLR representatives and land rights activists on Friday came up with two other decisions related to land. The panel directed MoLR to present a study report on the relevance of Guthi land within 15 days. It also decided to visit eight districts including Sindhupalchowk, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Palpa and Dang to study the land distribution patterns there and plan suitable measures for land reform in those districts.
“We asked MoLR to do a study on Guthi land amid growing complaints that many farmers are deprived of land ownership due to dominance of Guthi sansthans in many districts,” said CNRFRRS chairperson Santa Chaudhary. “Besides, we asked MoLD to immediately release the report of the land reform commission.”
The government had formed HLCSLR in 2008 with a view to managing land ownership and access. Though the commission submitted the report to the government on May 5 last year, the latter has not made the report public yet. Among other things, the report has recommended joint ownership (of both spouses) of land and distribution of land to freed Kamaiyas, Haliyas and other marginalised communities.
Human rights bodies including Informal Sector Service Centre and Community Self Reliance Centre had filed complaints at CNRFRRS and the Office of the Council of Ministers on Dec 24 last year demanding the immediate release of the report. Issuing a 35-day ultimatum to the government, the rights bodies had warned that they would release the report on their own if the government failed to do so.
Posted on: 2011-01-29 11:57
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