KATHMANDU: The government has launched a campaign to distribute land ownership certificates to the landless and those dwelling in the unorganized places of Bardiya.

Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration, Pratibha Rawal, began the initiative by handing over certificates to 29 households of landless Dalits and squatters at Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality-4.

The Minister reminded government’s commitment to addressing the challenges facing the landless Dalits, squatters and residents in the unorganized settlements across the country. The land distribution campaign would be gradually expanded nationwide, she informed.

The campaign keeps in centre the people deprived of land rights and provides legal documents accordingly, the Ministry stated.