Nepal’s archaic land acquisition laws

Projects have failed to acquire land because of compensation disputes with locals.

Undoubtedly, land acquisition worldwide is a daunting but inevitable prerequisite for most infrastructure projects. It is a daunting task not just because it causes displacement of native inhabitants, but also triggers a lengthy, often complicated, wrangling with them mainly on compensation for their lost assets. Without exception, Nepal has many sagas of major infrastructure projects that failed to acquire private land because of disagreements with locals on compensation.