Govt forms committee to decide on war-era land deals

A cabinet meeting Thursday took a number of decisions including the ones concerning the demands of women and injured Maoist combatants, and management of war-era land transactions.The cabinet decided to prepare separate directives to address the demands of women combatants and those injured during the conflict period, 19-day movement and Madhes movement.Similarly, the cabinet also declared bird flu alert in some of VDCs of Sunsari, Ilam and Jhapa districts and instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to take measures to control further spread of the H1N1 virus.