BUTWAL, April 18 -- It has been years since the officials of the District Land Survey Office of Rupandehi are adjusting in small and congested rooms occupied with old tin cupboards, damaged windows and leaking roofs. There are dense bushes outside the building, which has numerous holes allowing in rats and snakes.

The government building is meant to assure the safety of private and public property worth millions. At first glance, people often get mistaken this place at Siddharthanagar Municipality for a garage. However, it's the same building which stores the blueprints and maps of hundreds of citizens.

Currently, the office has the records and blueprints of around 600 square kilometers of land in Siddharthanagar Municipality, Tilotama ...