MYAGDI: Annapurna Rural Municipality of Myagdi has begun providing payments for development projects directly to consumer committees by reaching individual wards.
The municipality launched a mobile camp to deliver payment-related services to those consumer committees that are unable to travel to the rural municipality office in Pokharebagar.
A team led by Vice-Chairperson Diva Tilija Pun, along with Chief Administrative Officer Ram Prasad Sharma Kandel and Accounts Officer Navin Poudel, provided on-site payment services in Ward No. 1, Dowa.
“For the convenience of consumer committees that face difficulties traveling to the municipality office, we have started reaching the wards to offer on-site monitoring, technical evaluation, and payment services,” said Vice-Chairperson Pun.
“Once the required documents and reports are prepared through the ward’s people’s representatives, the municipality initiates the payment process from within the ward itself.”
So far, four consumer committees have received payments through the ward-level service. Pun added that one consumer committee was advised to visit the municipality office after its billing documents were found to be incomplete.
Previously, the rural municipality had also conducted ward visits for plan agreements and orientation programs for consumer committees.
According to Dilip Kumar Garbuja, Chairperson of Annapurna Ward No. 1, providing payment services at the ward level has saved time and cost for committee officials, eliminating the need for them to travel to the municipal office.
Annapurna Rural Municipality is implementing 113 infrastructure-related projects in the current fiscal year. Of these, consumer committees for 83 projects have already received payments, while 31 remain pending.
Among the 18 projects managed through contracts and quotations, eight have been paid and 10 are awaiting payment.
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