KATHMANDU, June 26: The office of the Drug Control Program in Bijulibazaar, Kathmandu is struggling to provide service for the lack of human resources.
Although the office has six quotas of employees, it is making do with only one in the form of program officer Khadga Bahadur Shrestha since the past two years.
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And Shrestha too has been posted at the office on deputation and in case he is unable to report to the office due to various reasons, the office is left to the care of office assistants. “I have to run my office over the phone when I am out of office," Shrestha said.
The lack of human resources is sure to affect the program working to control drug abusers across the country and around Rs 25 million has been set aside for the program in the fiscal year 2016-17.
Two years ago, the then government had kicked eight contract employees out of the office, saying that it would fill the vacant positions soon. However, the office is yet to get vacant posts filled.
When asked, Joint Secretary and spokesperson for the Home Ministry Yadav Koirala said that they have demanded the Public Service Commission to fill the vacant positions and that the office would get human resources soon. RSS
