BHAIRAHAWA, June 25 -- The locals of Marchwar, a remote village in Rupandehi district, are compelled to struggle even for minor land-related works. It has been around four months since these people have not been able to get done any work related to land registration, release of bank collateral, obtaining records and property division, among others, at the local Land Revenue Office (LRO).
A lot of files submitted by the locals have piled up at the LRO, Marchwar. The lack of enough manpower at the LRO is the reason behind all these problems. Shanta Ghimire, a non-gazetted officer at the LRO, laments that the manpower crunch has made it difficult for them to carry out even the day-to-day work. "Currently, there are three staffers in the offic...