Hetauda operates free service to ferry bodies

MAKWANPUR: JULY 28 – Hetauda sub-metropolis has brought into operation a free service to ferry mortal bodies.

Mayor Hari Bahadur Mahat informed that the free vehicle service has been introduced to take bodies to cremation sites within the sub-metropolis. The sub-metropolitan city has recently purchased a dedicated vehicle/van to ferry bodies at the cost of over Rs 2.33 million.

Mayor Mahat further shared that the vehicle would also provide service to carry the bodies of those who died after drowning in rivers or rivulets, hanging from somewhere and consuming poison to hospitals for post-mortem purposes.

CIAA, Hetauda office shows 55 % progress

The Hetauda-based office of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has settled 55.54 per cent of complaints registered at its office in the fiscal year 2020/21.

According to the office, the anti-graft constitutional body had redressed 516 out of 929 complaints of different types registered at its office.

Bara district saw the highest number of complaints at the CIAA office while Bhaktapur witnessed only one complaint in the fiscal year.

-RSS