Koshi Tappu residents protest decision to turn their homesteads into leasehold forest

The proposed area is home to 500 families, mostly flood and landslide victims, squatters and impoverished households.

The residents of Koshi Tappu in Ward No. 3 of Belaka Municipality vandalised the municipal office on Wednesday to protest the government decision to turn 176.23 hectares of land in the area into a leasehold forest.