KATHMANDU, Nov. 2 -- Printing of driving licenses is set to resume from Monday, according to the Department of Transport Management (DoTM). The Security Printing Center agreed to restart the process following a decision reached last Wednesday.

License printing had been halted after the Gen-Z movement disrupted operations and a number of printed licenses were destroyed in a fire.

The Security Printing Center will print around 500 licenses per day initially. The new licenses will come in an updated format with a QR code, replacing the embedded chip used in previous versions, informed Gopal Raj Timilsina, Undersecretary at the Security Printing Center.

According to the DoTM, around 2.5 million licenses are still pending for printing. Of ...