Kathmandu, Feb. 25 -- Activists under the banner of 'Chure and Forest Conservation Campaign' staged a demonstration against the government's land-related ordinance at Maitighar in Kathmandu on Saturday.

Led by Neera Timalsina, Bagmati Province coordinator of the campaign, the activists denounced the ordinance as a blatant attempt to help real estate businesses grab public land in the name of landless individuals, Dalits, and squatters.

Activists claim the ordinance will pave the way for encroachment of millions of hectares of forest land, particularly in the Tarai-Madhesh region.

The land-related ordinance is one of the six that the government issued in December and January.

The controversial ordinance allows the Land Problem Resoluti...