Senior citizens in Gulmi have suffered after the government made national identity card mandatory for social security allowances.
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Not only to get in and out of the car, but also to walk around, you need someone else's help. When the right leg does not move, you have to stand on crutches. No, you have to live on the ground. Tika Bahadur Rayamazhi of Isma rural municipality-2, who is 74 years old, was waiting for a ride in front of the gate of the district administration office on Wednesday afternoon.
Rayamazhi came to the office after the government made the national identity card mandatory for social security allowance. Being a senior citizen, on top of that being a disabled person, he got the service on time . However, he has to suffer after making identity card compulsory in his old age .
"They say that you will not get the allowance if you do not make this card," he said.
77-year-old Taradevi Nepali, who came from the same place to make a national identity card, is also suffering from the same problem as Tika Bahadur. He also has to take the help of someone else to get in and out of the car and to walk around. "Identity card has become mandatory for allowances," she said.
68-year-old Fursi Bik, who came from Malika Rural Municipality-7 to make an identity card, complained that there was a problem after the newly made identity card got damaged. "I made an identity card when I went to a camp in the village," she said.
They are not the only ones, now that the government has made the national identity card mandatory for social security allowance, there is a crowd of people making identity cards and taking cards to the district administration office Gulmi. In which there are also very old people . Even though senior citizens are given priority services, they have to suffer in the neighborhood . It was also seen that some senior citizens were suffering more because they did not have relatives to accompany them.
Tika Bahadur Rayamazhi and Taradevi Nepali waiting for the car in front of the district administration office after getting the identity card.
Dol Bahadur Nepali, a member of the executive committee of Isma Rural Municipality, said that he facilitated and helped senior citizens in the village who needed help. ``I am helping disabled parents in the neighborhood,'' he said, ``I have brought senior citizens four times in this month.'' He said that it is selfless service.
Tara Bhandari Bohra, Computer Operator of District Administration Office Gulmi informed that 60 thousand 168 ID cards have been distributed out of the 19 thousand registered from the ward camp in Gulmi district. Also, she said that out of the 50,200 ID cards registered from the district administration office, 23,000 ID cards have been distributed. Gulmi now has 120 new national identity card making and 100 distribution number on daily average.
Chief District Officer of Gulmi Bishnu Prasad Koirala said that they are providing easy service by increasing manpower. "Now the number of service users increases during the festival, we have tried to make it as easy as possible," he said, "we have started distribution by making mobile camps from the local municipality." June has started from Madane rural municipality from Wednesday.
