RUPANDEHI, Jan. 27 -- In each election, land ownership certificates for the people of Rudrapur village in Rupandehi district becomes a common agenda for all poll candidates. The villagers here actively participated in each election starting from 1999 to 2017 hoping of getting land ownership certificates.
However, the wait continues even after two decades. Around 90% households in this village lack land ownership certificates. Rudrapur which falls in Kanchan Rural Municipality is often called the village without land ownership certificates.
"Now it is hard for us to trust the leaders and their lofty promises as we have been disappointed a lot in the past," said Surya Bahadur Pun of Rudrapur. After the local elections, the details of people...