Chitwan, Feb. 28:Minister of State for Land Reforms and Management Dr Gangadhar Lamsal inaugurated a regional seminar on land management organised by the Ministry of Land Reforms and Management here  the other day.

In his inaugural speech, Minister of State Lamsal said the Landless Settlers Problems Resolution Commission has been formed with the objective of resolving the landless settlers problems under a three-year time-bound programme.

Since land is an issue which is directly related to the people, those working in land related offices should be serious about providing prompt services to the people, while maintaining transparency in their work, he said.

Minister of State Lamsal also said that the recommendations of the seminar will be of great help in resolving land related problems.

Secretary at the Ministry of Land Reforms and Management Yoddha Shaha, chairman of Padampur Relocation Commission Baburam Puri and others also expressed their views.

The two-day seminar is being attended by about 85 persons including the heads of  land and land tax offices.

In Itahari, a condolence meeting was held in Dharan on Saturday to pay tributes to the late Pandit Chhabi Lal Pokharel, a freedom fighter and social worker who was also called the “Vyas” of east Nepal for his scholarship.

Addressing the memorial service, son of the late Pokharel and chairman of Nepal Press Institute Gokul Pokharel said that his late father was firm in his belief that the human society should move ahead on the basis of materialistic thinking and was against the practice of untouchability.

He said his father had a long association with Nepal’s freedom movement and strived to educate the society.

Nepali Congress youth leader from Sunsari, Giri Raj Acharya, said that the late Pokharel was not only a great social reformer but an educationalist too.

Because of his tireless efforts, so many schools were opened up in east Nepal, he said.

Literary critic Krishna Prasad Shrestha spoke about the contributions of the late Pokharel in the realm of educational development and social service.

At the condolence meeting presided over by chairman of Moti Memorial Committee, Sunsari, Mr Badri Palikhe, associate Professor Tanka Neupane, Dr. Namrata Upadhyaya and others shed light on the life and contributions of the late Pokharel.