Morang landowners struggle as railway project keeps land frozen for five years

By Hari Prasad Koirala,Urlabari, Feb. 6: In 2019 (2076), when the government decided to construct the East-West Electric Railway and imposed a freeze on land transactions (jagga rokka) for the project, 56-year-old Kamal Prasad Poudel of Kanepokhari-7, Aaitabare, Morang, was filled with joy.