Solukhumbu, September 21
Secretaries of village development committees based in Solukhumbu district have collectively handed over the seals of their offices to Solukhumbu district development committee office.
They handed over the seals to acting Local Development Officer Buddhi Narayan Shrestha at a time when a festive season is around the corner.
Protesting VDC secretaries say while VDC secretaries working in all other parts of the country have got encouragement allowance, they have not got it
Demanding a 50 per cent ‘encouragement allowance’, the VDC secretaries have been staging a pendown. They claim that while VDC secretaries working in all other parts of the country have got encouragement allowance, they have not got it.
The pendown has hit members of the general public hard.
VDC secretaries on agitation have threatened to padlock the DDC office if they do not have the allowance deposited in their bank accounts within three days
The VDC secretaries on agitation have threatened to padlock the DDC office if they do not have the allowance deposited in their bank accounts within three days.
Receiving the seals and a statement from the agitating VDC secretaries, LDO Shrestha asked them not to launch a protest as incessant rains in the district have increased possibility of landslides, putting people at high risk. Pashupati Pokharel of VDC Welfare Protection Centre (Solukhumbu), said launching a movement was the only option they had.
VDC secretaries accused Local Development Officer Mahesh Parajuli of not recognising their service.
They pointed that while they submitted a three-day ultimatum to LDO Parajuli on Sunday, the latter left the district on Monday.
