Land Parcel Division Halted in 405 Local Units Due to Incomplete Land Classification

Kathmandu. Land parcel division has been stopped from today in 405 local units across the country that have not completed land classification.

As per the land use regulations, the provision for land parcel division to be automatically stopped from July 1st in local units that did not complete land classification by the end of Asar has come into effect.

According to Dainanda Joshi, Director at the Survey Department, out of the total 753 local units nationwide, only about 348 local units have so far classified land and sent the details. Parcel division has been stopped in the remaining local units as the classification work has not been completed.

Ganesh Prasad Bhatta, spokesperson for the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation, stated that since the regulations set the deadline for completing classification by the end of Asar, parcel division has been stopped in local units that could not complete the work within the deadline.

According to him, this arrangement does not affect ancestral property division. Only parcel division for selling fragmented land or for commercial plotting has been stopped.

As per the Land Use Act, 2076 and Regulations, 2079, local units are required to classify land within their jurisdiction into 10 types, including agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, forest, and mining and minerals. Although the government had extended the deadline three times earlier, many local units have not been able to complete the classification.

Along with this, new criteria related to land parcel division have also come into effect from today. The minimum parcel division limit for residential land has been reduced from 130 square meters to 80 square meters, while further restrictions have been imposed on the parcel division of agricultural land.