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Surkhet DAO extends office hours
Staffers at the District Administration Office (DAO) have started working for up to 11 hours, starting from 7am, daily
bookmarkStaffers at the District Administration Office (DAO) have started working for up to 11 hours, starting from 7am, daily. The DAO took such decision considering the increased workload after the August floods. The civil servants were working for mere six hours during winter in the past.
Motilal Poudel
Published at : November 7, 2014
Updated at : November 7, 2014 08:33
Surkhet
The DAO decided to prolong office hours from Wednesday to provide effective and prompt service taking into consideration increasing number of service seekers.
“We have prolonged office hours from 7am to 6pm,” said Heet Prasad Poudel, administrative officer at the DAO. The office witnessed a drastic surge in the number of service seekers to acquire citizenship certificates, passports and other important documents lost during the floods.
According to Poudel, they extended office hours as the workload increased after the application process for rehabilitation of the flood-hit and recruitment process of Nepal Police and Nepal Army started last week. “We will stick to the new working hours until the workload becomes normal,” he said.
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