Nepal, Sept. 19 -- The 'original sketch' of Nepal's political map including Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura released five years ago, remains safe even though the government's administrative building was burnt by protesters during the Gen Z movement on September 9.

Sources say the original political (chuche) map, painstakingly prepared by technical staff from sketches, suffered no damage and is still secure. Technical staff reportedly used scales, projection systems, and coordinate systems to create the new map, which reflects Nepal's territory as defined by the 1816 Sugauli Treaty. Before preparing the new map, staff visited the Nepal-India border region up to Changru.

One technical official said, "After the political map was made p...