Generally cloudy weather likely today
The weather is generally cloudy in the hilly and mountainous parts in Lubmini and Sudurpaschim Provinces of the country at present.
The weather in the rest of the parts of the country is generally fair, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.
Currently, light rain is occurring in one or two hilly places in Gandaki Province.
Currently, Nepal is under the influence of westerly winds, local winds, as well as a low-pressure area located near the eastern region of the country, the Department stated.
The hilly and Himalayan regions of Koshi and Madhes provinces, as well as other parts of the country, will be generally cloudy, while the Tarai region will be partly cloudy, the Department stated in its weather forecast bulletin.
There is a possibility of moderate rainfall and snowfall accompanied by thunder, lightning, gusty winds and hailstorms at some places in the hilly and Himalayan regions of Koshi Province and at a few places in the rest of the country.
Tonight, the Himalayan region of Koshi Province and other parts of the country will be generally cloudy, the hilly region will be partly cloudy, and the Tarai region will remain mainly fair.
There is a possibility of light rainfall and snowfall with thunder and lightning at a few places in the hilly and Himalayan regions of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Karnali Provinces.
Malekhu-Muglin road to be closed for six hours at night from today
The Ichhakamana section of the Malekhu-Muglin road along the Prithvi Highway will be completely closed for traffic for six hours at night for three days from today.
As the road is being upgraded nighttime traffic is being shut down until April 2.
Road upgrading is being carried out at Ghoptebhir and other places falling under Ichhakamana Rural Municipality-4 of Chitwan under the Muglin-Nagdhunga Road Project.
The movement of all types of private and public vehicles except for essential services like ambulances and fire engines will be stopped from 10 pm to 4 am, said Assistant Chief District Officer of the District Administration Office, Chitwan, Chiranjivi Sharma.
The administration has urged travelers to contact Road Planning Information Officer Sachin Mishra (9849-544607) and Police Inspector Pratik Singh (9855090120)of the Area Police Office, Muglin for any inconvenience that may be faced by the passengers during the road closure and for further updated information.
Performance indicators on public officials to be prepared in 45 days
The government has directed all public offices to prepare objective performance indicators along with terms of references (ToR) within one and half months.
Arguing that the underperforming employees were rewarded because of poor evaluation of performance, the government has forwarded a plan on accountability and review of performance in 90 days.
It was mentioned in the 100-point governance reform scheme the new government unveiled on Friday.
The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration will be preparing a quality verification standard to the public services to be provided by the local level.
It is aimed to promote best performing local levels. Within a month, the number of ministries will be reduced so that operational cost would be minimized.
The existing Nepal Government (Work Division) Regulation has stipulated a number of federal ministries to be at 17.
The governance reform plan has also proposed a revision of employees' quota while resizing the ministry numbers.
Dual works, duplication, slow and plodding trend in public officials would be wiped out. For it to happen, drafting new laws or amendments to the existing ones will begin, the government shared in the reform plan. The public administration would be fully liberated from political interference so that it would be neutral and accountable to citizens and help clean out corruption and slow public service delivery. The bureaucracy would be made accountable, service-oriented and exemplary.
Middlemen and brokering would be wiped out to make public service prompt and hassle-free.
The national standard of the organization and management survey of federal, provincial and local levels would be formulated and endorsed within two weeks.
A related ministry in the province will be responsible to carry out the teachers' registration, sheet roll and retirement service from the coming fiscal year.
Digital mode for hassle-free service
In order to ensure hassle-free and middlemen disturbance, entire services relating to citizenship, passport, national ID card would be provided by the District Administration Offices through digital mode and integrated system.
A round-the-clock grievance handling facility would be in place. Complaints can be lodged via phone, mobile App, portal or social media as well.
Agencification modality is another feature in the scheme to be introduced for by the government offices, especially for the works requiring more time and cost.
The postal service would be modernized as a 'government courier service' through which the citizen's essential documents like passport, citizenship copy and license are delivered at home. This plan will be enforced within 100 days.
Khadka hospitalized after arrest
Former Energy Minister and Nepali Congress leader Deepak Gyawali was admitted to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital at around 3am on Monday, where he is currently receiving treatment in bed number 1029.
Khadka was arrested on Sunday and was taken to custody earlier on Sunday, and the court has granted permission to detain him for seven days for investigation.
Home Minister, Sudan Gurung stated that Khadka was arrested in connection with the investigation into money recovered from his residence during the GenZ movement on Sept 9.
The Money Laundering Investigation Department is probing the case, particularly focusing on burnt cash reportedly found at Khadka’s house. Officials had earlier collected pieces of burnt currency notes and ashes from the site as part of the investigation.
