KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The National Land Commission (NLC) has said works are going on to collect and verify details of landless dalits, landless squatters and those residing unsystematically. According to NLC Vice-Chair and Spokesperson Nahendra Khadka, though such works were suspended for a certain time with the enforcement of the Election Code of Conduct, they will resume very soon. 

The NLC has urged all local governments including the Kathmandu Metropolis and the government and non-government offices not to intervene in the settlements of dalits and landless squatters, and not to take or cause any move capable of making them unsafe until the works to distribute land ownership certificates to the target groups get over. 

The Commission has urged the local governments which earlier issued a 35-day public notice in national dailies to collect the details of such people to act in accordance with the consensus reached between the commission and them. The Commission mentioned that it and local governments, not all, have earlier agreed to manage the landless, dalits and people residing unsystematically through a due process. 

The Commission formed in accordance with the Land Act-1964 remains as the government entity to provide land to the landless dalits and squatters and to systematize haphazard settlements.

 
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