Supela River is flowing nearby. Surrounded by forests and grasslands. A variety of birds are wandering in the forest. Wild animals are wandering around carelessly. They sway, rotate, fly and even sit at will. He is not stopped by anyone, nor is there any obstacle. However, the Kamaiya family, who were declared free from the state 24 years ago, are still wandering for security.

All of them have land ownership certificates issued by the Nepal government. There is also land for house building and general farming. However, they have neither been able to build a house nor do farming. On the contrary, they are facing various harassment. This is the problem of 18 free Kamaiya families who got land for rehabilitation in Dang Garhwa rural municipality-4 Salzhundi village. 

Dilli Choudhary, who has been working for a long time in his life, is the leader of 18 families free working. He is also the President of Saljhundi Village Bhoomi Adhikar Manch. Umre reached 70 years. From the age of 10, he used to work as a bhaiswar (grazing buffaloes, cutting grass, tending cattle, cooking fodder and taking care of livestock). He was given two rations of food a day and two kors of clothes a year for serving in this manner. Annually 24 manas i.e. 360 kg of grain (rice, maize, wheat etc.) were also given. As Dilli grew older, he was converted from Bhaiswar to Kamaiya. Like him, his landlord had 13 other workers. The work of Kamaiya was plowing the fields, going to dig pits, cutting rice, carrying, planting vegetables, going to the mill to pound rice, etc. 

After Dilli's marriage, his wife Shyam Kumari Chaudhary also started working as a begalahari (kamalari) for the landlord. Shyam Kumari was responsible for cleaning the house, washing clothes, cleaning dishes, grinding rice, taking care of children and collecting dung.

Dilli says, 'My father also died as a servant of the same landlord and my mother was a Kamalari. It was always difficult to run the household with the food we got from masura (salary).' 

According to Dilli, to be freed from Kamaiya, the landlord's debt had to be paid first, otherwise it would not be possible. He said that he had to stay unemployed for 25 years without taking any measures. Dilli narrated that he was saved by sending his brother to live in his place in 2052. He also said that when he left Kamaiya, there was a debt of 900 rupees and it was printed.

After the 'Kamaiya Mukt' declared by the then government on July 2, 2057, all the Kamaiyas were formally freed after the class (Kamaiya) who were living a life of injustice, oppression and slavery like Delhi. However, their suffering is the same. Even now they are struggling for housing.

After Kamaiya was declared free, the government distributed 4 types of identity cards to rehabilitate them. Dilli got a blue (class B) identity card from the government. As per Clause (b) of Section 3 of the Commissary Labor (Prohibition) Regulations, 2068, those who live on public or government land or who do not own land in their own or their family's name were placed in 'B' category. According to the provisions of the Act and Regulations, there is a provision that only the free earners who have received the corresponding card in category 'A' and 'B' can get land. 

Since there is no land anywhere in their name, the government gave 18 free Kamaiyas including Delhi through the Kamaiya Restoration Commission in the year 2065 the land and its evidence in the vacant land of Saljhundi Community Forest. Where a bugger once was. However, they were happy to get land from the government for the first time in their own name at the rate of 5 kathas per family. He was also happy that now he can do farming in his own house, he doesn't have to live under someone's bond. 

Declared free in 2057, they barely got land in 2065 and when they tried to build a house and settle down the next year, they were blocked by the Community Forest Committee. They did not allow farming and living. Threatened not to stay. 

18 families all belong to free Kamaiya Dang. Not even from outside. Dilli Chaudhary took great pains and trouble to settle the freed Kamaiya. The chairman of the community forest committee and the staff of the area forest office filed a 'forest case' against him, falsely accusing him of deforestation. He says, "There is neither water facility nor electricity in the land given here. The Community Forest Committee has also obstructed bringing water.' When some skills did not work, they complained to the MP. After meeting the then chief district officer and the district forest officer, he requested them not to obstruct the use of the land given by the land owner. However, the forest president did not stop threatening. 

Last year (in 2080) Purgamaiya Baliram Chaudhary built a small hut according to Gache. While others had huts, it was a place to live for him. But the night when the house was finished, the chairman of the community forest came and set it on fire and took away the belongings. Baliram says, 'We were not protected and loved as much as animals. We are neither forest cutters nor smugglers. It was the state that gave the red parts and we have come and settled. He said that even though he was freed from slavery, injustice did not leave him. 

The Central General Secretary of Mukt Kamaiya Samaj, Harichandra Chaudhary, complained that the government announced Mukt Kamaiya but did not take the necessary steps to restore it. 

Dang's Rapti rural municipality alone has the data of 1 thousand 1 family free earners. President Prakash Bista said that Rapti is trying to proceed with the restoration work by making the procedure itself. He said that efforts are being made to ease the livelihood of the freed workers by connecting them to agricultural work by properly managing their residences. 

The president of Swan Nepal Dang, Krishna Kumar Chaudhary, said that it is a great relief that the government has freed the freed workers who have been imprisoned for generations. He complains that the government has given a good rehabilitation package to the poor and has no source of livelihood for them. 

According to the 'Mukt Kamaiya' handbook published by the Community Self-Employed Center, there were 18,291 families in Dang, 1,342 in Banke, 6,979 in Bardia, 5,673 in Kailali and 3,170 in Kanchanpur. At the same time, the government had divided categories A, B, C and D while collecting applications. According to which there were 8 thousand 131 families in A class, 5 thousand 128 families in B class, 1 thousand 747 families in C class and 3 thousand 285 families in D class. 

In the year 2078, according to the report submitted by the government committee on the situation of Kamaiya, Kamlahari, Halia and Haruwacharua under the coordination of Shyam Shrestha, it has been found that 27 thousand 570 Kamaiya families of A and B category should be restored from the last date. A.W. By 2075/76, 32 thousand 509 Kamaiya families have received identity cards, but only 84 percent of A and B categories have been deemed rehabilitated. 9 percent of the earners are deprived of land. At that time, the government did not include the C and D category earning families in the list to be rehabilitated. 4 thousand 463 Kamaiya families are yet to get their identity cards even after almost a decade and a half since the rehabilitation work started.