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Kathmandu,Friday February 18, 2000 Fagun 06, 2056.
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77 peons for Birgunj Metro office
By a Post Reporter
BIRGUNJ, Feb 17 - No
government office has more than five peons, yet Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan City office has
provisions for 77.
According to Birgunj
Sub-Metropolitan Office, 63 peons already work there with 14 more proposed despite that
the Parsa District Administration Office, the most important in the district, keeps only
four.
The number of peons
apparently increased as each new mayor made additional political appointments. However,
board member of the sub-metropolitan city office Narendra Shah says the office does not
need so many peons.
Another board member Bir Lal
Shah claims about 20 to 25 peons would be sufficient for the office. Since Mayor Bimal
Sreevastav appointed his servants as peons, office funds are being wasted, he added.
Of the total number of peons,
59 are permanent staff and cannot be removed from office. Employees say the 14 proposed
peons are unnecessary. Seventy-five percent of the peons pass their time lazing in the
sun, one employee said on condition of anonymity.
The appointment of employees
has continued over the last three years until the mayor and deputy mayor achieved
harmonious relations. When relations soured and the majority was with the deputy mayor, 60
employees were dismissed.
There are in all 781
employees in Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan City Office of whom 60 have been forced to retire.
The sixth city council, held about a month ago, directed the office to dismiss the
unnecessary employees, executive officer Sudhir Kumar Shah said.
He added that the office pays
2.2 to 2.3 million rupees in employee salaries every month.
Fourteen of the 24 board members hold the
view that the proposed 32 employees should not be employed along with the 74 temporary
employees who have been working for several years. There is a provision stating the office
can appoint temporary staff for only six months.
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