Nepal, Sept. 7 -- KAILALI, Sept 6: It has already 17 years since the Haliya Pratha, an exploitative system of agrarian bonded labour practiced in the districts of the Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces, was ended in 2008.
Abolishing the practice of bonded labour, the government had announced the resettlement programmes for the bonded labourers announcing their emancipation in nine districts of the Sudurpaschim and three of Karnali provinces.
The stakeholders have stated that some of the families of the Haliya are still not resettled as yet despite the government's announcement long back.
Executive Director of Rastriya Mukta Haliya Samaj Federation stated that only 13,546 families were resettled out of the total 16,953 Haliya families...