"We are not going to start the process Tuesday as initially planned as we could not complete the banking works," said a knowledgable source at the secretariat preferring anonymity. [break]
The secretariat got Rs 1.97 billion from the Ministry of Finance only at 4 pm Sunday and the secretariat was able to open bank account at the Agricultural Development Bank, Nepal Bank Limited and Rastriya Banijya Bank within the office time, the source added.
The source said that the secretariat has to prepare all the checks to be issued to the 7,365 combatants who have opted for voluntary retirement in Kathmandu as visiting survey teams cannot take along blank checks and issue them to the combatants in the cantonments concerned.
"The checks need to be prepared in Kathmandu and it is also going to take time. We will have to wait until Tuesday for the works to be completed as Monday is a public holiday," said the source.
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