Public property mismanagement is rampant in Nepal thanks to officials’ ignorance

The National Planning Commission Vice-chairperson Biswo Poudel gets quite irritated when he goes on field visits. Everywhere he goes, he sees public property (government property) left unattended. Several buildings that were built, spending billions on raw materials and equipment, await completion while others already constructed are left unused.

The worst part, experts claim, is the government does not even have accurate data on how the money is spent on public property. Nor does it have the data of resources that it purchased to complete the projects. It is quite worrisome as a lot of taxpayers’ money is being wasted.