KATHMANDU, March 21: An agreement has been made to immediately begin the law formulation process on New Integrated Guthi to address the demands of agitating Swargadwari Guthi victim farmers. The farmers were agitating for a month in Dang.
The agreement was inked on Wednesday between the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation and the Swargadwari Guthi (Trust) Victim Farmers' Struggle Committee.
With the deal to initiate the law formulation process, the agitating farmers have postponed their entire protest programs.
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The ministry's joint secretary and coordinator of the government talks team, Krishna Prasad Sapkota, said the agreement was made to immediately begin the law formulation process on New Integrated Guthi to address the demands of the struggling tenants residing in the land plot of Swargadwari Ashram.
The ministry will form a team to advance the law formulation task, which shall have a representative from the struggle committee too.
On the occasion, the Minister of Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation Balaram Adhikari said dual ownership of land will be ended by bringing an integrated law on Guthi and pledged to address the issues at any cost.
In the talks, Minister Adhikari, lawmakers Metmani Chaudhary and Narayani Sharma, the ministry's Secretary Gokarnamani Duwadi, Chairman of Guthi Sasthan Shivaraj Pandit, coordinator of struggle committee Pravu Chaudhary and others were present.
