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Lack of staff in Ramechhap local units hits services
Pasang Lama, a ward secretary of Khandadevi Rural Municipality in Ramechhap district, has been solely handling the administrative works of all nine wards for a long time now due to a shortage of staff.Tika Prasad Bhatta
Pasang Lama, a ward secretary of Khandadevi Rural Municipality in Ramechhap district, has been solely handling the administrative works of all nine wards for a long time now due to a shortage of staff.
The ward offices are without secretaries, as they have been sent for adjustment as per the Employees Adjustment Ordinance. Because of a lack of staff, service seekers are facing problems acquiring attestation of their documents and receiving recommendation letters.
Auxiliary Health Worker Padam Shrestha of Bhirpani Health Facility has been compelled to provide recommendations for citizenship certificates and other necessary documents for the service seekers whereas the assistant technicians have been working in place of ward secretary in Makadum.
Prem Bahadur Tamang, chairman of the rural municipality, said that he has requested the concerned authority to provide staff for the municipal office, but to no avail.
“Technicians have been asked to look after the administrative works when they have no knowledge of administration. Because of that even the technical works have been hampered,” said Tamang.
This problem is not limited to Khandadevi Rural Municipality only. There is only one ward secretary for six wards of Gokulganga Rural Municipality, whereas two ward secretaries are handling seven wards of Likhu Tamakoshi Rural Municipality.
People of other local units have also said that they have been facing difficulties to register life events and to get recommendation letters for passports and citizenships due to a lack of staff in the municipal office.
People’s representatives said that they are facing difficulties in running daily affairs and implementing the budget due to a lack of staff.