Nepal, June 13 -- The government has decided to implement a report on the encroachment of public and government land submitted by the Rawal Commission 31 years ago.If implemented, the report could lead to the eviction of encroachers from 1,859 ropani, 14 aana, 3 paisa and 3 daam of public and government land identified as encroached across all 35 wards of the then Kathmandu Metropolitan area.

The decision was taken at Friday's Cabinet meeting.

Ganesh Bhatta, spokesperson for the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, said discussions, studies and procedural preparations for implementing the report would begin on Monday.

The report has never been formally made public by the government. However, a senior mini...