Quotas of officials at earthquake affected 580 VDCs to be reviewed
Kathmandu, June 17: The government is to review the quotas of government
employees at 520 VDCs of 12 among the 14 hardest hit districts that are
declared crisis-hit zone.
The Ministry of
Federal Affairs and Local Development has prepared to increase the quotas for
the officer level officials, engineer, accountant, and the agricultural and
livestock service technicians with a view to regulate and make the services in
the quake affected VDCs fast and effective by strengthening the existing
structures.
This is being
done also to carry out the reconstruction of the damaged structures and
rehabilitating the people displaced by the April 25 earthquake and aftershocks.
Talking to RSS,
Joint Secretary at the Ministry Dhan Bahadur Shrestha said, "We have made
agreement in principle in the meeting with the Ministry of General
Administration and got positive response in this regard from the other bodies
concerned as well."
The Ministry has
prepared to send officer level VDC secretary, an engineer, accountant, and
agricultural and livestock service technicians in the VDCs having 1,000
households and above, while in the VDCs with less than 1,000 households, the
Ministry has prepared to send Nayab Subba (Non-gazetted first class) level
officials as VDC secretary, sub-engineer, assistant accountant and technicians
of agriculture and livestock service. The government plans to bring the
officials working in the VDCs, currently, under the same mechanism, said Joint
Secretary Shrestha.
The government
has been planning to set up such mechanism in 18 VDCs in Rasuwa, 50 VDCs in
Okhaldhunga, 35 VDCs in Makawanpur, 23 VDCs in Lalitpur, 48 VDCs in Dolakha, 50
VDCs in Sindhuli, 45 VDCs in Ramechhap, 61 VDCs in Nuwakot, 76 VDCs in
Kavrepalanchowk, 46 VDCs in Dhading, 68 VDCs in Sindhupalchowk, and 60 VDCs in
Gorkha districts.
Two quake
affected districts, Kathmandu and Bhaktapur have no VDCs at all as they are
already converted to municipality few months ago.