“To make the local governance effective and
people-friendly, the government needs a concrete statistics about the
population, geographical situation and area of the local units of the rural
municipalities and municipalities. Therefore, the Ministry of Federal Affairs
and Local Development (MoFALD) should conduct detail studies in this regard,”
said Rabindra Adhikari, chairman of the Committee.
According to the report on the restructuring of
the local bodies submitted to the government by the Local Level Restructuring
Commission (LLRC), the country has been divided into 4 municipalities, 13
sub-metropolis, 246 municipalities and 481 rural municipalities.
As the local units should be in managed form to
hold the local election slated for May 14 this year, required infrastructure
and human resources should be installed at the earliest.
“But, due to the election code of conduct, the
government couldn’t appoint the much needed technical manpower at the local
level. Therefore, this committee draws attention of the Election Commission to
the situation,” Adhikari read the decision.
Many local units are running without proper
infrastructure even the office space, and they are yet to manage letter pad,
forms for various purposes, budget modality and other issues.
The House Panel asked the government to organize
orientation training on integrating the works and processes of the local units
to the employees deployed at the local level within 15 days.
The committee has directed the MoFALD to install
the Citizen Charter at every local body mentioning the services of their
jurisdiction within a month, and run communication campaign to inform the
people about the services which they are entitled to receive from their ward,
rural municipality and municipality.
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