Krishna Hari Puskar, spokesperson of the CIAA said.

According to the Lands Reform Act, 1964, the government can private lands in excess of the ceiling. As per the act, the land ownership ceiling is 10 bigha in Tarai, 25 ropani in Kathmandu Valley, and 70 ropani in the hills except for Kathmandu Valley. Likewise, for homestead, an individual can own up to 1 bigha in the Tarai and five ropani in the hills, according to the act.

On February 23, the anti-graft body had formed an investigation committee to study the status of implementation of recommendations made by a high-level Rawal Commission formed by the government in 1995. The commission was assigned to study the status of government-owned and public lands across the country and make recommendations for safeguarding theWilmer Cueva, second from left, and Alfonso Prestia were led, handcuffed, into a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday. The two will face charges in the death of a worker who died while working under their supervision.CreditMichael Appleton for The New York Times

With construction-related deaths and injuries on the rise, prosecutors announced on Wednesday that manslaughter and other charges were being brought against two construction managers and the companies they worked for in the April death of a worker at a Lower Manhattan building site.

Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, also announced the creation of a task force to help identify and prosecute corruption and fraud in the construction business. And New York City officials said an emergency phone number would be set up by the Department of