Revisiting Nepal’s land laws

Nearly all infrastructure projects have encountered issues concerning land acquisition.

Nepal lies at a critical juncture to accelerate its infrastructure projects in a post-Covid economic order. The economic shocks induced by the pandemic were severe on the infrastructure sector which was already struggling with poor progress and deficit financing. The government needs to make a sincere effort to address casual factors associated with project delays and cost overruns. As such, a long-pending reform in Nepal’s land laws deserves greater attention which, by far, remains an impediment to smooth project development. It still remains an ambiguous and ad-hoc approach despite several policy and legal reforms in place.