Sankhuwasabha, July 24 -- The people in remote Bhotkhola Rural Municipality, Sankhuwasabha, have been greatly affected due to the shortage of employees at the local level.

The administrative region, which shares borders with China, has been divided into five wards, but, since 2017, a single secretary has been executing the works of all five zones.

Thudok Bhote of Hatiya, complaining of difficulties he has had to face while seeking service at the ward office, said, "There is only one ward secretary in the rural municipality. He cannot be expected to perform works of all the wards efficiently. Service seekers like us are the ones who have to bear the brunt of the employee shortage."

Dawa Lama, the ward secretary, admitted that the servic...