Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed his dissatisfaction with the service of the Nepal Telecom.

After hearing the progress report of the Nepal Telecom (NTC) in a programme organised in Singha Durbar on Friday, PM Oli urged the officials of state-owned telecommunication service provider to pay attention to improve the quality of service.

The Prime Minister said it is sad that the NTC’s service quality has decreased due to corrupt tendencies.

“The corrupt tendencies have been increasing the Nepal Telecom,” PM Oli told Managing Director of the Telecom Kamini Raj Bhandari, adding, “Such tendencies should end and the people should get quality service.”

Expressing his disappointment over the work progress of optical fiber, PM Oli directed NTC to stop this work.

He held a serious discussion with the officials of the Nepal Telecom in the presence of Minister for Information and Technology shortly after the Cabinet meeting.

According to his private secretariat, PM Oli, who is also the Chairman of ruling CPN-UML, has directed NTC to deploy staffers in special technical departments round the clock.

He directed NTC to prepare itself to come ahead in the competition. “We have been seeing signs that the Telecom will lag behind in the competition,” he said, adding, “That should not happen.”

“I have been hearing a lot of complaints from the people about Telecom’s service in the recent time,” said the Prime Minister.

Moreover, Prime Minister Oli has urged Telecom management to bring a proposal on enhancing Telecom’s service.