Makwanpur District Administration Launches Passport Home Delivery Service

Makwanpur. The service to deliver passports directly to the homes of service seekers has been formally launched starting today. The District Administration Office, Makwanpur, implemented the system of delivering passports to doorsteps via the postal service on Wednesday.

This service was initiated under the 100-point governance reform action plan put forward by the Government of Nepal, with the objective of providing state services to citizens at their homes conveniently.

The administration stated that the service has begun in the Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City area in the first phase. Service seekers are both surprised and excited to have their passports delivered to their homes. They expressed happiness, noting that the compulsion to visit government offices to collect passports has ended. They remarked that this initiative reduces time, expenses, and hassle, making them feel that state services have reached their doorsteps.

As the start of the service, the Makwanpur Postal Office delivered a passport to the home of 22-year-old Nischal Manandhar, residing near Kapur Complex, Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City-4. A postal worker, the Chief of the District Postal Office, and staff from the District Administration Office visited Manandhar's home to hand over the passport.

Expressing his happiness upon receiving the passport at home, Manandhar stated that this government move is welcome. 'Finally, the government has started good work. Such services should be expanded to other areas as well,' he said.

The District Administration Office provided 50 passports to the Postal Office on Wednesday for distribution. According to Ramesh Lamichhane, Chief of the District Postal Office, preparations are underway to deliver all of them to the homes of the service seekers today.

According to Postal Office Chief Lamichhane, passports will be delivered on the same day in nearby wards of the sub-metropolitan city, while for distant locations, they will be distributed by the following evening at the latest. He mentioned that while the service cannot be expanded to other municipalities in the district currently due to resource constraints and security sensitivities, there is a plan to expand it once necessary manpower and resources are available.

According to Chief District Officer Basanta Adhikari, this service was launched to end the hassle of having to visit the office again once the passport is ready. He stated that the District Administration Office made preparations in coordination with the District Postal Office to make the service effective.

In the initial phase, the service will be operated only within the Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City area. The administration plans to deliver approximately 500 passports that have already been prepared but not yet collected to the homes of service seekers via the postal service in the first phase.