Industrial area plan faces backlash from former Kamaiyas and landless in Banke

Around 500 households living on the proposed site at Baijanath Rural Municipality for generations demand that the government first manage housing for them.

The residents of Baijanath Rural Municipality in Banke are protesting the government’s decision to set up an industrial area in the local unit. They claim that the land proposed for the industrial area has been used by freed Kamaiyas (bonded labourers) and landless people for years.