Kathmandu, April 26 -- Around 4,000 technicians working for the National Reconstruction Authority in 32 earthquake-affected districts have resigned en masse, saying that they have not received any allowance and facilities for months.

"We waited for long believing that the authority and the government would address our demands, but they showed no response to our demands. So, we have decided to resign," said Abinash Amar, chairman of the National Reconstruction Authority Technicians Welfare Protection Struggle Committee.

The technicians had been protesting from their respective districts for the past two months. More recently, they had halted their works to put pressure on the government.

The agitating technicians say that though their c...