PALPA, AUG 12 -
Service seekers in the district have been facing problems as the vacant post of Local Development Officer (LDO) at the District Development Committee (DDC) has not been filled for the past two months.
Authority of the post was handed over to Bhimarjun Pandey, chief engineer at the District Technical Office, after LDO Krishna Prasad Aryal retired on June 25. However, Pandey is also out of the district currently for a training programme.
All regular works such as decision making, meetings, payment and devising plans have been stalled without an LDO at the DDC. Monthly meetings of the VDC secretaries have not been held while DDC Accountant Shyam Sundarman Shrestha claimed payments for many bills are yet to be made.
“We are uncertain about when the vacant post will be filled. We have never received assistance on time,” said Kiran Chitrakar, a service seeker who had been to the DDC for assistance to hold a local fair. Hundreds of applications seeking assistance for various projects are pending at the DDC.
Shrestha said preparations were underway to make payments for all applications except those which require decision from policy level meetings.
Meanwhile, a source said employees at the DDC were not punctual in the absence of an LDO.
Source: http://www.ekantipur.com/2012/08/12/national/palpa-ddc-without-ldo-for-two-months/358607/
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