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Kathmandu Tuesday March 27, 2001 Chaitra 14, 2057.
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Office chief's absence deprives
locals of basic services
Post Report
BAGLUNG, March 26 - People from the western
part of this hill district have been deprived even of basic services from the
Burtibang-based Area Administration Office, established about four years ago, following
the long time absence of the office chief.
People who basically approach the Area
Administration Office for Nepali citizenship certificates have been facing difficulty
after the office chief remained absent over for two months.
Nim Bahadur Pun from Gwalichaur VDC-1 has been
trying to obtain his citizenship paper from the Area Administration Office to study
abroad. But the concerned official was not available at the office for more than two
months.
"I cannot obtain my passport without
having a Nepali citizenship certificate. But it has been very difficult to obtain the
citizenship paper," laments Pun.
Pun also approached his problem with the
district administration office in Baglung, the district headquarters, but the authorities
rejected his requests saying that they could not handle the job of the Area Administration
Office.
"We have written to the Ministry stating
the problem but have received no instructions from there," said Assistant Chief
District Officer, Rajendra Raj Adhikari.
Chairman of the Bohora VDC, Taranath Poudel,
quoted the Home Secretary as saying that there was shortage of manpower to deploy an
officer to Burtibang.
A local teacher said that half of the
population from this western part of the district have been facing double hardships: no
officers at the Area Administration Office and no records of those people have been kept
at the district headquarters.
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