The municipality's policy and program for the fiscal year 2083/084, released on Wednesday, states that it has initiated the process of bringing barren land into use through a land bank.
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Palungtar Municipality has decided to impose a 25 percent fine on landowners who do not provide land in the land bank but keep the land fallow for more than three years.
Presenting the policy and program for the fiscal year 2083/084 on Wednesday, Mayor Bivas Chintan said that the municipality has initiated the process of implementing the concept of land bank and bringing barren land to use through the land bank. “According to the concept, landowners who do not provide land in the land bank but keep the land fallow for more than three years will be fined,” he said.
He also said that a land tax will be imposed on public and government land and structures built on that land. He also said that the municipality will make public the records of public property and implement a policy to protect and promote its proper use, identify public, private and public lands within the municipal area and start the construction of fruit gardens at least in one place in each ward.
The municipality has also included in its policy and program the promotion of crops that are not destroyed by monkeys, such as chilli, ginger, turmeric, barley, timur, jackfruit, and lemon, in places where monkeys are more prevalent. He also said that with the slogan 'Monkeys in the forest, monkeys in the forest', necessary natural measures will be taken to protect crops from the attacks of wild animals including monkeys, dumshi, deer, and others, keeping in mind the rights of animals. Chintan said that the policy of planting fruit trees in the forest will be continued for this purpose.
The policy and program states that the Public Welfare Farmers Fund will promote commercial production of indigenous crops such as rice, millet, soybeans, sesame, and other crops, as well as make farmers self-reliant in milk and meat, further strengthen the operation of agricultural markets to organize the marketing of products produced by farmers locally, and organize and expand the area of the agricultural ambulance service to provide access to farmers' products to markets. The municipality has stated that the services and facilities necessary for the economic and social development of farmers will be provided through farmer identity cards by listing, identifying, and classifying the farmers within Palungtar Municipality, and the soil testing program will continue.
