Kanchanpur, Nov. 5 -- Dozens of families displaced by the expansion of the Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve-now a national park-have once again launched a protest in Kanchanpur, setting up makeshift huts outside the Division Forest Office.

Some are seen fastening plastic sheets for roofs, while others have already moved into huts. The open ground belonging to the herbs office, in front of the forest office, now looks like a growing settlement. "We are tired of repeated promises and delays. This time we will not leave this public land until we are properly resettled," said Jaya Bahadur Rokaya, coordinator of the Shuklaphanta Displaced Struggle Committee. "We've brought whatever food we could carry. We won't go back until the government provi...