Relief for service-seekers
- The newly-opened transport office in Thulo Bharyang is expected to reduce the pressure of service-seekers in Ekantakuna
- The Thulo Bharyang office does not have a trial centre of its own. It will take one such centre on rent from a private party to conduct driving licence trials
- The centre will, however, accept limited number of licence application forms online
- The government is opening other two such offices in two places in the valley — in Chabahil and Sallaghari
Kathmandu, January 1
Minister for Physical Planning and Transport, Ramesh Lekhak, inaugurated the transport management office in Thulo Bharyang of Swayambhu, Kathmandu district, on Sunday. The newly-opened office started issuing driving licences from Sunday itself.
The new office will start renewing driving licences from Monday. From next Sunday, according to the Department of Transport Management, the new office will perform all licence-related tasks.
Niranjan Rijal, director at the department, told Onlinekhabar: The new office does not have a trial centre of its own, so in the beginning, it will perform licence renewal-related tasks. It will also accept online applications for driving licences.
Within a week, the new office will start expanding its activities by taking a private trial centre on lease, according to Rijal.
Unless the new office has its own trial centre, we will not be in a position to accept a large number of application forms, Rijal said, adding: For conducting trials before licence issuance, we are taking a private trial centre on lease. This will further ease the process of acquiring driving licences in Kathmandu.
The opening of the transport office in Swayambhu is expected to lessen pressure of service-seekers in the transport management office in Ekantakuna, Lalitpur.
After assuming office, Prime Minister Prachanda had directed subordinate bodies to set up more transport offices and ease the process of issuing driving licences and renewing them.
The government is also opening transport offices in Sallaghari of Bhaktapur and Chabahil of Kathmandu.
