Land titles have been handed over to 102 landless squatters and landless Dalits from Wards 1, 2 and 6 of Bagmati Rural Municipality.
Tears welled up in Khim Bahadur Thadamagaar's eyes as he received his land ownership certificate after eight decades. He was speechless with joy.
Not only he but also his father had tried hard to get this title deed. But Khim Bahadur's father Durga Bahadur passed away a decade ago without getting the title deed.
The Magar family has been the landowners of this land for 81 years, shedding their blood and sweat. Thadamagar, who has crossed 76 years of age, received the title deed from the hands of Bagmati Rural Municipality Chairman Sarkesh Ghalan.
He received the title deed at the title deed distribution program organized in the former Raigaun VDC and the current Bagmati Rural Municipality-2. He said that he did not think that he would get the title deed in his own lifetime.
During this period, many landless people commissions were formed, but people like Magar were not able to get the title deed. Now, along with Magar, 69-year-old Suntali Rai has also received the title deed of the house and land where she lives.
Rural Municipality Chairman Ghalan handed over land titles to 102 landless squatters and landless Dalits of Wards 1, 2 and 6 on Thursday.
After receiving the land title deeds, Suntali Rai said, ‘I thought I would die without getting the land title deeds, but now I am very happy to have the deeds in my hands.’
The rural municipality distributed the land title deeds prepared by the Land Commission Makawanpur. Most of the residents of Bagmati Rural Municipality have not been able to get the land title deeds for the land they have cultivated. The rural municipality, however, has been conducting land surveying.
