On June 24, 2077, when KP Sharma Oli was the prime minister, the work of the Kankadvitta-Inaruwa rail project was started. However, so far neither the work has started nor the compensation has been distributed in this section. Even after a long time has passed since the land was seized, the compensation has not yet been distributed. The locals of the affected area have not been able to buy and sell land.

For the railway, the government has reserved 760 bighas of 5,424 lots of 2,457 lots in Jhapa, 1,638 lots in Morang and 1,329 lots in Sunsari through the land office of the three districts. The government has a plan to construct railway through 63 wards under 18 municipalities of 3 districts of Kakdvitta-Inaruwa section. 

512.69 hectares of cultivable land, 53.61 hectares of water area, 33 hectares of settlements and 19.60 hectares of forest area of ​​that ward are affected by the railway department. According to the department, structures including more than 4,000 houses will be affected in this section for the construction of the railway. As a result, the farmers, house owners and local communities of Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari have been demanding that it be resolved quickly. If the compensation cannot be given, the locals say that the land should be released . 

The coincidence is that even after five years, Oli is still the Prime Minister, but the problem is where it is. Ranjit Prasai of Virtamod-9 Garamani, who became a prisoner in his own land after the land was frozen, complained. "We have not been able to mine the land, nor can we sell it," he said. According to the map drawn for the construction of the railway, the train can be seen from his kitchen. On the other hand, for Kailash Poudel, a farmer of Damak-9, 2 katta 18 dhur land was not just land, but the basis of life. He was raising his family by cultivating vegetables. 

When the government buried concrete forts in the ground saying that 'railway will come', from the same day his dream got a 'break' . He said, "We used to live by farming, but life became worse after the issue of the railway," he said. "We don't know anything more," he said. Agriculture is the main source of income for hundreds of families in Jhapa, Morang, and Sunsari. However, after the railway department withheld the land, their financial resources have been lost.  

Tek Bahadur Bhandari of Kamal Rural Municipality-6, 6 plots of land and his house also fell under the railway line. Some time ago, he invested 10 lakhs in poultry farming business, but his investment has sunk, along with land withholding has added to the problem . According to the map of the railway department, it is seen that the train will pass through the house of Virtamod-7, Ranjit Prasain. Prasain says, "The entire plot of land belonging to the railroad has been blocked, and the banking transactions have also stopped", says Prasain, "If the compensation problem is not resolved immediately, the victims will become more victims." 

About 24 and a half billion rupees compensation is required for those affected by the railway. However, the government allocated only 2 billion last year. Gyanendra Niraula, Secretary of Railway Victims Compensation Coordinating Committee claims that the railway department has taken back the money without distributing it. "Instead of giving 2 billion compensation to the victims, it was taken back", Niraula added.

According to Niraula, the victims met the prime minister and the top leaders of all parties many times. Made a movement . drew the attention of the government. But, until now, the problem is still there. "No one says no, but no one gives justice", said Niraula Ducheso.

The Railway Department has set up a liaison office in Prime Minister Oli's hometown Damak. In the railway office opened in Damak to distribute the compensation, there are five employees, one each including two office assistants, drivers, accountants and Naib Subba. The office, which was previously rented for the entire house, is now limited to two flats only. Paying 40,000 a month is not seen in office work. If the compensation work was completed, the office could have been closed. Neither the compensation work has been completed, nor has it been closed,' said Senior Divisional Engineer and Spokesperson Kamal Kumar Sah of the Railway Department.

Railway Victim Compensation Coordination Committee Chairman Lakshmi Prasad Mainali accused the government on the one hand of dreaming of railway construction and on the other hand of confusing the lives of thousands of common people affected by the plan. "Last year, the amount of 2 billion allocated for the distribution of compensation went back without being spent," Mainali added, "We kept knocking on the leaders' doors asking for compensation, but our complaints were not heard." "We are looking for phased movement and legal remedies for compensation," he said. The locals have not even been able to get loans by keeping their real estate in the bank . There is a complaint of the locals that they have not been able to stop the business after selling. 

not for compensation budget  

The East-West Electric Railway project started from the year 2065/66. The railway will start from Kakadvitta in Jhapa and connect Gaddachouki in Kanchanpur in the west. In the first phase, it is mentioned that till 086/87, work can be done up to Kakdvitta-Nijgarh section. But so far nothing has been done in this section . 

Due to lack of budget, it has been a problem to compensate the land that has been withheld . The railway department said that the compensation could not be distributed due to lack of sufficient budget. Spokesperson of the department said that about 25 billion rupees are required for compensation, but only one and a half billion rupees are being allocated annually. ``For a budget of 25/30 billion, only one and a half billion rupees are allocated, where will such a small amount be distributed? To whom will it be distributed?,' he said, 'It can be distributed only if the resources are assured, otherwise there will be no end.' He said that the main problem is the budget.

Nothing more work has been done in this section except for holding the land . Currently, 49.395 km of land in Jhapa, 34.842 km in Morang and 22.842 km in Sunsari are frozen. "This is a project of national pride, so the process of land acquisition was started to build a section of the east," said an engineer of the department, "After that, nothing more work has been done."

'Compensation is not a problem as of now,' he said, 'The land is withheld, but there is no money to pay the compensation.' He said that if this railway is built tomorrow, it would be beneficial to compensate the land that has been withheld now. "There is a price now, the compensation may be too much in the future," said the engineer, "so if the construction is to be started tomorrow, the compensation should be decided now."

Locals demand that the land of Kakdvitta-Inaruwa section should be freed . "If the railway is to be built quickly, the compensation should be given quickly," said the engineer, "otherwise, it is up to the local people to release the land, and the government should decide what to do about it."  Kiran Karki, senior divisional engineer of the department, said that the more the

is delayed, the more the cost will increase. "An environment would have been created to distribute compensation from the next financial year," he said, "there has been an increase in anger among the locals due to the lack of timely compensation distribution, but once the compensation is settled quickly, a working environment would also be created." 

After the lack of funds for the distribution of compensation for the railway that the Nepal government is going to build by itself, the department has been demanding continuous resource assurance from the Ministry of Finance for four financial years. According to the initial study, the distance of East-West railway was 945 km. Later, the distance was reduced to 925 km when the map of Chitwan park area was changed. In which Biratnagar-Itahari, Bhairahawa-Nautanwa and Nepalganj-Nepalganj road will be built to link with this railway.

"It is not agreed to buy and sell land, mortgage land in the bank, share it," he said.

is estimated to cost 15 billion rupees for the entire project. Although the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the 136 km distance from Nijgarh to Bharatpur has been done, no public hearing has been held about it since the dispute arose in Bharatpur in Chitwan. "We are looking at another option in Bharatpur as per the locals' request," he said, "The detailed project report (DPR) has been completed."

Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Devendra Dahal said that he is preparing to distribute the compensation by placing funds in the next financial year's budget. "The compensation could not be distributed for a long time, some amount is in the Jhapa and Morang district administration offices, so it was not distributed because it would be insufficient," he said while talking to Kantipur, "We are planning to distribute the compensation by keeping the money in the upcoming budget, two administration offices have a budget of one and a half years . We need 24 and a half billion rupees to distribute the compensation. "However, we will start distributing compensation from next year," he said, "We will continue to distribute as much as we can."

Jayanagar-Bardibas-Nijgarh connecting

Now there are two trains in operation from Jayanagar in India to Bhangaha in Mahottari on a distance of 52 km . It is being extended for another 17 km upto Bardiwas . Where the compensation work has not been completed . India will build infrastructure in the 69 km section up to Bardiwas. For that, Nepal government has to provide land. "In the 17 km section, 80 percent of the land problems have been solved," he said.

An engineer of the department who has to build a railway from Bardibas to Nijgarh from next year  Tell . ``Billions have been spent on this section, now the return should come,'' he said. The department has informed that the work of this section is nearing completion. "It is only the first phase of work, not that the train will run on it," Spokesman Shah said.

If a railway can be built up to Bardibas, the train coming from India will reach there . "A railway is being built from Bardiwas line to Nijgadh to connect East-West Railway. It will connect the starting point of Kathmandu/Tarai-Madhesh Expressway (Fast Track) to Nijgadh," Engineer Karki said, "If goods could be brought from India by cargo train and left at the fast track, it would be easy and fast to bring them to Kathmandu from there." 

He says that if work can be done on an additional 12 km from Chochah in Rautahat, a railway will be built up to Nijgarh. "Currently, under the first phase of work, bridges, culverts, track beds are being filled with soil, which is 90 percent completed," he said, "now the work is being done only in Mahottari, Sarlahi and Rautahat." However, it was widely opposed as the contract was awarded to limited businessmen. The railway department published a notice on 22 August 2077 and said that the contracts of all 54 packages issued on 13 and 17 June 2077 have been cancelled. At that time, the director general of the railway department was Balram Mishra.

'At that time, the contract was made for financial manipulation,' said an engineer of the department, 'They protested saying that it was wrong to get such a big contract without clearing the site.' At that time, the contract was made without deciding the compensation. However, the problem of compensation has not been resolved yet.

Ambikadevi, who has been waiting for compensation for a decade,

has been covered with mud in her wooden house. The soil has fallen and the wall has cracked in places. The cracked wall has been covered with sackcloth. Even if the main wooden door is fitted with chukul, both sides are not aligned. Mahottari, 92-year-old Ambikadevi Adhikari living in Bardiwas-14 is the plight of the house, it . 

In the year 2072, the officer was shocked when the land was acquired for the construction of the railway. She had a dream of making the house that she had left behind by delaying it with the compensation money . Coincidentally, the land acquired by the officer touches both the South-North Broad Gauge Railway and the East-West Electric Railway from Jayanagar to Bardiwas via Janakpur. However, due to the delay of the railway department, the officer, who has been waiting for compensation for 10 years, has been disturbed by the dust flying from the track bed.

It's been years since I waited for the railway compensation. They didn't give money, but the dust comes in such a way that the house is covered," Adhikari said, "It is a situation where the dust cannot live." In Bardiwas, everyone knows her as "Adhikharani Bajjai". After the land of Thorabahat Jode was also sold to the railways, she had planned to build a new house with the compensation money, pay off the debt and do pilgrimage in the latter part of her life . Time passed. Years went by. The compensation didn't come,' the official said, 'I stayed for 5 years hoping.' However, the money did not come.' 

Last year, Adhikari was quite surprised when she heard that the legal process for the land of 14 families living there along with Adhikari was not completed as it was published in Darret. Before that, in the year 2078, the compensation amount for the land of 14 families including him was determined. Due to the railway department, 14 families of Bardiwas-14 have become homeless without receiving compensation. There are 14 houses living in about 18 kathas, the land of which is not listed or numbered. However, there is a map in the field book . "Malpot and Napi office has proved that the land is numbered," Niraj Adhikari, coordinator of Bardiwas Railway Struggle Committee, said, "That is the sufficient basis . 14 households should also be compensated .'