This conflict prevailing for the last 25 years for possessing 10 Dhur unregistered land was between Banarasi Mallaha and Tharu communities of Ranidanda of Dudhrashya VDC-7. Despite being a personal case against Tharu community, it eventually became the case of ethnic conflict and though earlier different groups of community intellectuals, local representatives and even the local police tried to settle the dispute, it did not avail, and the situation took a violent turn. Then the Mallaha applied for mediation at Dudhrashya community mediation center on 12/02/2069. There the Mallaha group was in minority and the Tharu was in majority with their 50 houses and seemingly the Tharus were heavy on the Mallahas. As the mediation proceeded, Banarasi along with few others argued that his ancestors have been using the land for a very long period and therefore, he would not forsake his possession on it. On the other side the 30-representative group of Tharus contended that this was an ailani (unregistered) land that should be used for social purpose, and therefore, no individual’s ownership would be tolerated. As the mediators tried to unfold other interests of both the parties, Banarasi said that the land was also a way to his one and half bighaha land, and if he lost this land he would be in a trouble. The other side said that as this land was in the middle of the village, they intended to build a public building to perform Hindu rituals, conduct trainings and meetings.
The mediators urged them to look for the positive solutions and not to give negative message of communal violence to their next generations. As both the parties worked on the solutions, they decided that a 12–feet lane to the Mallaha’s land would be separated from the land and a public building would be constructed and put into use for both the communities. The bamboos in Mallaha’s part of land would be his property and that of the other part would be used for public benefit.
