Two Congress General Ministers Gagan Thapa and Vishwaprakash Sharma have amended the proposed Land Bill to prevent misuse by the land mafia using loopholes in the law.

They have demanded that a clear provision should be made in the law to prevent the recurrence of land abuse cases in the name of 'Patanjali Yogpeeth' and 'Giribandhu Tea Estate'. 

"There should be a clear provision in the law so that it cannot be misused for purposes other than the purpose for which the government has granted permission for land in excess of the limit," Pratap Poudel, advisor to Chief Minister Thapa, said, "The bill proposed now has two meanings and should be clarified."

They have filed an amendment to Section 12 (g) of the original Land Act. By adding 12 (h) to the said section, they have proposed a provision with an explanation so as to keep the title of special provision regarding the limitation exemption of real estate business and clarify the restrictive phrase after sub-section 4. 

Instead of the restrictive provisions currently in place, "However, when taking a restriction exemption according to the prevailing law, the land exempted or approved for the purposes of any agricultural farm, tea industry, commercial agricultural industry, establishment, educational institution, health institution, etc., is kept vacant (barren) without being used for the same purpose according to the specified conditions, or used for a different purpose, or later established a real estate business company and conducts real estate business on that land under the name of that company, or has been approved to do such business or has applied for approval before, including agricultural industry and other It is their proposal that there should be a provision that it is not allowed to do real estate business on the land that has been exempted or approved for the purpose, construction of housing or housing work (apartment) in such a structure and sale according to this section. 

The eighth amendment of the Land Act 2021 was made in 2076, when Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was the leader of the government. At that time, Oli was criticized for having made a law to allow for sale and lease of land exceeding the limits of Giribandhu Tea Estate. Offer Now  The

ing bill has taken a more relaxed policy even in the previous arrangement. Amending the provisions of the Act, the Bill has made it easier to sell land that exceeds the limit and to give landless Dalits, landless squatters and unorganized residents a red portion. 

The Chief Minister says that there is no clear provision in the bill to prevent the misuse of land beyond the limit, so the land mafia may increase. They have amended Article 52 (b) of the original Act to provide land to landless Dalits and squatters for one time and to remove the word "unorganized resident" from this section. The government has also demanded an amendment to the National Parks and Wildlife Protection Act 2029, saying that the government should be more clear in the provisions of the law that may be misused when giving land to landless Dalits, squatters and unorganized residents. 

Even if forests and Bhutan have been marked on the land map where landless Dalits, squatters and unorganized residents are located, the Bill has made arrangements to remap it once and bring it under the name of the government and distribute it. The Chief Minister has also amended the provisions in this regard saying that if it is not made clear, it may be misused. According to Paudel, Thapa's legal assistant, it is mentioned that during the distribution of land, landless Dalits, squatters and unorganized residents should be given ownership of the land by considering the nature of the land, area, valuation, period of land tenure and whether there is housing in other urban areas. 

"There are heaps of open areas that are not occupied by forests and Bhutan, even re-mapping them means encroachment, so there is a demand that there should be a clear provision in the bill to prevent the mapping of such open areas," Poudel said.