Baglung, Feb. 11 -- Over 15,000 National Identity Cards have been left uncollected at the District Administration Office in Baglung after the service seekers failed to pick them up. According to Ram Prasad Upadhyaya, head of the administration branch at the district office, most individuals who had filled out the forms for the cards have since left for foreign countries, resulting in the backlog.

Although around 200 people visit the office daily for new identity cards, only a small number of them come to collect the prepared cards. Upadhyaya said that only between 20 to 50 individuals visit daily to pick up their cards, leading to the pile-up.

The district office has prepared a total of 28,885 national identity cards to this date, with ...