Home Minister Sudhan Gurung joined a group of ministers who visited the Holding Center hosting the landless squatters in Kharipati, Bhaktapur today.
Home Minister Gurung was joined by government spokesperson and Minister for Education and Sports Sasmit Pokharel, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration Pratibha Rawal, Minister for Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities and Social Security Sita Badi, Minister for Health and Food Safety Nisha Mehta and Minister for Youth, Labour and Employment Ramji Yadav.
On the occasion, Minister for Land Management Rawal said the government was working to complete the necessary procedures to issuing the land titles to the landless squatters soon. Stating that it would take some time to manage the landless squatters, she said that the government is working to find a lasting solution to their problems. She also urged no one to politicize the issue of landless squatters.
During the visit, the ministers also held discussions with the landless squatters and informed them about the government's preparations for immediate and long-term management, according to the Home Minister's Secretariat.
After the holding center in Kirtipur was flooded, the landless squatters living there have been transferred to the holding center in Kharipati.
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