Four local levels of Nuwakot boycott MCA’s land compensation meeting

Kathmandu: Four local levels of Nuwakot district have boycotted the meeting related to land compensation for the installation of a power transmission line going to be constructed under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project.

The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Nepal Development Committee under MCC had requested Chief District Officer of Nuwakot Kiran Thapa to request the meeting.

But, only Likhu rural municipality participated in the meeting.

People’s representatives of the local levels which would be mostly affected due to construction of the transmission line rejected the meeting called to forward the compensation process of the land required in Nuwakot.

The transmission line would be extended from Belkotgadhi municipality-7 via Lapsiphedi of Kathmandu and further extended to Butwal via Hetauda and Tanahu.

Belkotgadhi municipality, and Shivapuri, Panchakanya and Tarkeshwor rural municipalities would be mostly affected from the construction of the transmission line.

Mayor of Belkotgadhi municipality, Jagat Bahadur Gurung, said, ‘Although we received a letter asking for our participation in the meeting, we did not participate as it was not necessary to participate in the land acquisition discussion for transmission line.’

He explained that they rejected the meeting after the MCA-Nepal did not pay attention on the demands put forth by the local levels.

The locals have been putting forth demands including the demand that the road construction programme of the project should be in Nuwakot.

Khadga Bahadur Bista, Executive Director of MCA-Nepal said,’ Eighteen wards of five local levels of Nuwakot district would be affected in course of expanding around 53-kilometres electric cables in Nuwakot in course of transmission line construction.’

He said that it would be necessary to construct 147 pylons in Nuwakot.

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