Panchthar, May 15: Ten Village Development Committee (VDC) secretaries of the district who earlier left their respective work place citing security reason have returned to work

They said that they returned to work at the offices of 10 VDCs in northern area of the district hoping that their security would be ensured following the establishment of the area administration office at Rabi.

Many VDC secretaries in the district were displaced and living in the district headquarters Phidim during the Maoist’s insurgency, citing security reason.

Even years after the insurgency ended, they were and some are still staying back from returning to their respective work place under different pretexts.

With the return of the secretaries, local people will get government services like recommendation for citizenship cards, passports and essential documents in a relatively easy manner.

Earlier, the locals had to take hours to reach the places where the service providers would stay for such services. RSS