Area administration office, Sarkegad offers service after six years

SIMKOT: AUGUST 16 – The Area Administration Office, Sarkegad established to provide service to four rural municipalities in Humla district has officially started providing service after six years. The Office aims to provide service to Sarkegad, Changkheli, Adanchuli and Tajkot Rural Municipalities.

With this, residents of the four rural municipalities availing service from the Office are expected to get rid of their hard time walking three to four days to reach Simkot for government service.

As per the decision of the Home Ministry, non-gazetted first-class officer Bhim Bahadur Rokaya has been assigned to take the responsibility of an acting section officer until the Office chief reports to work, it has been said.

After assuming office on Sunday, Rokaya provided citizenship certificates to five local people and duplicate citizenship cards to two others. Manisha Rawal of Chankheli Rural Municipality-4 was visibly happy after she got her citizenship certificate from the Office on Sunday.

The Office was established to provide government service to the people of the rural municipalities in an easy and transparent way, said Rokaya.