Kathmandu, Aug. 27 -- Rajkumar Pandit, of Kageshwari Manahara-6, passed his driving test from Sukedhara around 11 months ago. But till date he has not received his licence. "I was told that I would get a license within six months, but that didn't happen," said Pandit, 19. "I am going abroad for my studies within this month, and I thought that I would take up a part-time job as a delivery boy there but I don't think I am going to get a licence in time."

The reason behind the delay was that there are too many applicants and few printers. "Every day we receive around 8,000 applications; however, we are only able to print 1,500 licences in a day, as we only have five printers and that too are very slow," said Bandhu Prasad Bastola, Director ...