Pokhara, December 24:

Employees of the Sanitation Fee Collection Unit of Pokhara Sub-metropolis are without work for ever since their appointment.

The sub-metropolis had assigned nine staffers including an officer to collect sanitation fee from the households within the sub-metropolis in June, however, the staffers have to stay without work as the metropolis has not started collecting the fees yet, chief of the unit Ram

Bahadur KC said.

Though the sub-metropolis distributed sanitation fee cards to 70 per cent households of the sub-metropolis a year ago, the fee has not collected yet. A meeting of city council has already directed staffers to collect the fee, however, the staffers said they have not received any directive to collect the fee.

When to begin to collect the fee will be fixed after the executive officer of the sub-metropolis Uttam Prasad Nagila, who is out on a month-long training, returns to the office, KC said.

The sub-metropolis has been spending over Rs 20 million on disposal of garbage, senior administrative officer of the sub-metropolis Krishna Prasad Koirala said, adding that the households within the sub-metropolis are not being charged for it so far. He said the collection of sanitation fee will begin next month.