Even though the rural municipality has signed a plan agreement, the locals of Narpa are facing problems as the branch office of Nepal Bank Limited located in the rural municipality has been closed.
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Nanga Chhimi Ghale of Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality-3 in the Himalayan district of Manang signed a plan agreement for the construction of a cowshed in Losomen from the budget of Rs 600,000 allocated by the rural municipality.
Even after signing the plan agreement, he was not able to open an account. Not only him, Palsang Tshiring Lama of Narpa Bhumi-2 was also not able to open the plan account. Even after the rural municipality signed the plan agreement, he said that he was not able to open a bank account because the branch office of Nepal Bank Limited in the rural municipality was closed.
‘It seemed like it was just yesterday. The employees left without knowing,’ he said. According to local Mingmar Sonam Lama, it was not only after signing the plan agreement, but also because the bank was closed and he was not able to withdraw cash from the bank and deposit cash in the bank. ‘It seemed like the bank was there until Dashain Tihar. Now it is not there anymore,’ he said, ‘There is no bank when it is needed. I see it is open when it is not needed.’
Narpa Bhumi has approved 15 plans of the rural municipality for the current fiscal year and ward no. A total of 60 schemes have been made, 45 from 1 to 5. The work of the scheme agreement was started from Asoj 21. So far, 38 scheme agreements have been made, but due to the closure of banks, consumers have not been able to open the scheme accounts, said Chief Administrative Officer Sushil Lamsal. According to him, not only have the scheme accounts been opened, but the citizens of the rural municipality have not been able to withdraw and deposit the amount they want, they have not been able to withdraw the social security allowance they have been told to withdraw when necessary, and they have not been able to deposit the cash earned by the rural municipality.
Suraj Aryal, Branch Manager of Nepal Bank Limited Narpu Branch, Manang, said that they have been moving out of Narpa land since Asoj 7. He said that they moved out before Dashain and now the bank will be operational in Narpa land only from Chaitra 15. 'The rural municipality had requested them to come from Mangsir 1 to 15.' It is very difficult to go there, the biggest security challenge is,' he said, 'We have to hire new security guards to go there. Once we go, the security guards get scared. We have to coordinate with the security agencies. The employees are also scattered everywhere. We could not go due to many challenges.'
He said that he went down with the permission of the rural municipality chairman and chief administrative officer because the bank branch in the municipality was closed. 'We went down with permission from the rural municipality chairman and the chief. We could not go at the time they said. Now the payment will be made in Ashar. We will open the bank on Chaitra 15 and open the bank accounts of the scheme,' he said. He said that while last year the accounts were opened by signing the plan agreement in Asoj, this year the Genji movement could not open the accounts in Asoj and the bank fell before Dashain.
Chief Administrative Officer Lamsal said that he consulted with the rural municipality chairman and sought permission, but the bank was reluctant to come.
