KATHMANDU: Kathmandu District Administration Office (DAO) has authorized Salt Trading Corporation (STC) and Food Management and Trading Company (FMTC) to provide essential food items to the public during the week-long prohibitory order that will come into effect from Friday.
Issuing a notice Thursday, Kathmandu DAO provided contact numbers of representatives of STC and FMTC who can be contacted in case people need essential food items. The notice stated that the two companies would provide service through a mobile van.
The numbers made public in the notice are as follows:
FMTC
Chief Executive Officer Mohan Prakash Chand- 9851320314
Department Head Bhim Bahadur Thapa – 9851136785
Province Head, Gyanu Thapa – 985112788
Chief Executive Officer Urmila Shrestha – 9851022564
STC
Deputy Executive Officer Kumar Rajbhandari – 9851033303
Departmental Head Sabal Rijal – 9851113660
Official Prajwal Pradhan- 9841332990, 9813272563
The government is tightening restrictions from Friday to contain the coronavirus. This time around even retail and departmental stores will remain closed. Valley DAO’s Tuesday decided to extend the prohibitory order with stricter measures.
The DAO issued the notice after taking wide-criticism for closing down retail and department stores.
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