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Minister warns of stringent action against errant immigration officials
Home Minister Janardhan Sharma on Monday warned to take stringent action against immigration officials involved in wrong doings.Home Minister Janardhan Sharma on Monday warned to take stringent action against immigration officials involved in wrong doings.
Claiming that he has got some ‘special information’, Sharma warned the officials to be prepared for harsh measures ahead.
Launching a mobile app ‘Nepal Immigration’, Sharma said he was verifying some crucial information of anomalies within the immigration and actions would be initiated against officials.
According to the Department of Immigration, the app offers all information on immigration, including facility to apply for visa and seek trekking permission online.
Minister Sharma directed the immigration officials to keep the national interest in centre as the immigration department is the first door to enter the nation and the last door to those who leave the nation.
Pointing out that the immigration service reflects the nation in the outside world, Minister Sharma asked the officials there to always keep the national interest above personal interests. As the immigration service is too sensitive from the perspective of security, he added, the employees should maintain transparency.
On the occasion, he said that several reform programmes had been implemented in the ministry to make its services people-friendly. He also instructed the officials to make the immigration service paperless.