KATHMANDU, Feb. 7 -- A total of 14, 36,400 landless squatters and unorganized settlers have submitted applications with the Landless Commission demanding for land ownership certificates. The commission is preparing to distribute the land ownership certificates to around 150,000 families within two months.

According to Nahendra Khadka, vice-chairman of the National Land Commission (NLC), 13, 50,000 families of squatters and unorganized settlers have applied with the new commission while 80,400 families had previously applied to the old commission seeking land ownership. Khadka also mentioned that the current commission has taken into consideration the requests submitted to the old commission and has incorporated them into its records.

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