Kathmandu, Oct. 4 -- Life has been hard for Keshav Kumar Jha, information officer at Mahadewa Rural Municipality of Saptari, as he has not received his monthly salary since the beginning of the current fiscal year that began in July.

With the local government failing to present the budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, the rural municipality has been unable to release funds for providing salaries to its employees.

Legally, only after the budget is passed by the village assembly will the rural municipality be able to distribute salaries.

"It has become difficult to run my life as I have not received my salary for more than three months," Jha told the Post.

"Dashain holidays are going to begin in the next 2-3 days and we are still waiting...