Staff Reporter :
The government has assigned secretaries to coordinate relief efforts and coronavirus prevention at the district level amid reports of irregularities in aid distribution among the people hit by the ongoing countrywide closures.
A senior secretary or secretary has been given the charge of each district, according to an order issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday.
The secretaries will supervise and monitor health, aid, law and order
in consultation with MPs and other public representatives, influential people and relevant officials.
They have been ordered to inform relevant ministries, departments, agencies and organisations if they face any challenge.
The secretaries will be able to assign officials from their ministries and departments as well.
Until Sunday, the government suspended 24 public representatives, including eight union council chairmen, for alleged embezzlement of relief materials and other irregularities.
