Sardu Reservoir Land Returns to Government Ownership After 24-Year Dispute

Kathmandu. 348 bigha, 5 kattha, and 15 dhur of encroached land in Dharan's Sardu Reservoir area, which had been under the control of land mafias and locals for 24 years, has now come under the full ownership of the government.

The land has come under the government's name after the Supreme Court's full bench, comprising Justices Sharanga Subedi, Tekprasad Dhungana, and Balkrishna Dhakal, issued a 'mandamus' order to stop individuals from seizing and selling land in the reservoir area by concealing facts, even after receiving land elsewhere as compensation. The Supreme Court issued this verdict on Chaitra 12, 2082 BS.