BAJURA, NOVEMBER 1

Social security allowance has been distributed to elderly citizens and physically disabled people at their doorsteps in Budhinanda Municipality, Bajura.

Service seekers did not have to face the hassles of visiting the bank to receive the allowance after social security allowance was distributed in the local level with the joint initiative of the municipality and the local bank.

Representatives of Rastriya Banijaya Bank and the municipality reached the settlements of disabled and elderly people and distributed the allowance. Municipality Mayor Janak Kumar Bohora said that the joint team reached the settlement and distributed social security allowance to the disabled and elderly people. He said that camps would be established in all the wards to distribute three months' allowance.

'The service was provided to people as it was mentioned in the party's election manifesto,' Bohora added.

The municipality has started distributing security allowance at the doorsteps through the banking system.

Khaptadchhededaha Rural Municipality became the first local level in the district to distribute security allowance at the doorsteps. The municipality deposited the amount in the bank and the service provider took the cheque from them and offered the amount. Service seekers are economically and socially weak families.

Municipality Deputy Mayor Ram Bahadur Bohora said that elderly and disabled persons could not reach the bank easily to withdraw the allowance amount. Bohora said people were compelled to spend the whole day to reach the bank and at times they had to return home empty-handed because of technical problems at the bank. He added that earlier, these beneficiaries required their family members' support to receive the amount, but now they get the allowance at their doorsteps. Elderly citizens were very happy to receive the allowance at their doorsteps.

'We are committed to providing service to the people abiding by the law,' said Mayor Bohora. Earlier, Local bodies were criticised for not providing state facilities to hapless people at their doorsteps.