Dadeldhura, April 24 -- More than 400 families from Melauli Municipality-8 in Baitadi district have been travelling to the neighbouring district of Dadeldhura for nearly 50 years to pay their land taxes.

The logistical burden stems from an administrative error during the 1975-76 land survey and record management process. At the time, land records for the then Bishalpur Village Development Committee (now Melauli Municipality-8) were retained in Dadeldhura. Despite the country's transition to a federal structure and subsequent local-level restructuring, the issue remains unresolved. As a result, these families have had to travel outside their home district for decades to access basic government services due to a long-standing clerical erro...