Only 253 municipalities did the complete classification of land, although most of them started, it was not completed, some municipalities did not start classification at all.
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Allotments have been stopped in 500 municipalities across the country due to non-classification of land. Three years after the release of land use regulations, only 253 out of 753 municipalities in the country have fully classified land. The Department of Land Management and Records said that since July, the remaining 500 municipalities have not fully classified the land.
Earlier, even in August 2081, due to non-complete classification of land, the work related to land administration including kittakat in 620 municipalities came to a standstill. So far, only 253 municipalities have fully classified land. That is, according to the department, which lot number of land within that municipality has been allocated for agriculture, residential etc.
Some municipalities have not started the work of classification, while most of the municipalities have started, but it has not been completed, said Khimanand Acharya, information officer of the department. "Until now, only 253 municipalities have classified the land, the rest of the municipalities are in different stages," he said. Khim Bahadur Thapa, General Secretary of the National Federation of Rural Villages, said that due to lack of sufficient manpower and budget, land could not be classified. "In my municipality, the land has been classified, in other municipalities it is still pending," he said, "we do not have technical personnel including Amin." Hiring a consultancy says that it is very expensive, but the General Account shows that the expenditure incurred on it is not valid. We don't have enough budget either.''
The government has revised the Land Use Regulations, 2079 twice. Since the beginning of August 2081, work related to land administration including kittakat was stopped in 620 municipalities. At that time, only 133 municipalities had fully classified land. After that, on August 27, 2081, the land use regulation, 2079 was amended for the second time and the municipality was given time until June 2082 to classify the land.
The Ministry has revised the regulations for the second time after Kitkatat stalled. When the regulations were issued in June 2079, four forts had to be opened and designated as agricultural areas within 6 months.
Until November 2079, only some municipalities had allocated agricultural areas. After November 2079, land had to be classified into 10 areas. However, after most of the municipalities did not classify the land, the regulations were amended on 32nd July 2080 and arrangements were made to designate four forts as open agricultural areas within one year. From the first amendment of the
regulation, residential and commercial land up to 80 square meters area and agricultural land up to 1 ropani can be allotted. Earlier, residential land could not be allotted less than 130 square meters. In terms of agricultural land, there was a provision that less than 500 square meters in the valley and 675 square meters in Terai and Inner Madhesh could not be allotted.
The land classified by the government has separate criteria for agricultural, residential and commercial. According to the regulations, local road standards must be met for commercial housing. The ministry revised the regulations for the second time in August 2081, after the municipality did not classify despite adding one year period from the first amendment.
Although time has been extended by revising the regulations twice for land classification, still not all municipalities have classified land. A senior official of the Law Ministry said that the regulation has been amended twice and now the Ministry of Lands has been asked not to do so. "When the ministry gave consent to amend the land use regulations for the second time, we already said that we will not give consent to amend the same provision in the future," said the law ministry official, "Now the land ministry should not come to amend the same provision."
Since then, the Ministry of Land is discussing adding time for the classification of municipalities by revising the regulations. "Discussions are going on to amend the rules and give more time or what to do, but no decision has been taken," said Ganesh Bhatt, spokesperson of the ministry. Another co-spokesperson, Damodar Wagle, told that the opinion of the Ministry of Law should be taken even to revise the
regulations. "The Ministry of Law has already said not to do it when revising the land use regulations for the second time," he said. The 62nd report of the Auditor General pointed out that land should be classified in order to manage land acquisition in a practical manner. In the Auditor General's report, it is mentioned that only 199 out of 753 municipalities have classified land.
"In order to manage the land acquisition in a practical way, all municipalities should be equipped with resources and coordinated to classify the land based on the land use map data transferred from the survey department," the report said.
According to the Land Use Act, 2076, based on the maps and details provided by the government, the land use council formed at the local level has to implement land classification and land use policy. The government brought regulations to implement it. According to the regulations, agriculture, residential, industry, forest, mining and minerals, commercial, etc. should be classified into 10 categories.
