Chitwan, July 25 : Information officers designated at local governments and other government offices here are being deprived of information themselves.
At a meeting of information
officers held at the District Administration Office of Chitwan on Wednesday,
the designated officers shared that they were out of reach of the
information.
Bharatpur Metropolitan City's
Information Officer Menuka Pandit complained that the media persons could not
be provided with information immediately on demand due to lack of timely
dissemination of information from the higher level.
Madi Municipality's Information
Officer Praveen Bhandari lamented that it was difficult for the information
officers to access information in the bodies having the people's
representatives.
Likewise, Information Officer of
Kalika municipality Prakash Chandra Poudel said the information officer knew
the information only after it was made public through the media and social
media.
Information Officer at the Public
Health Office, Indramani Bhandari said it was very difficult to discharge the
role of information officer along with other responsibilities of the
office.
Chief District Officer Indra Dev
Yadav suggested the information officers to obtain information from the
concerned officials according to the nature of the work of their office and
regularly manage the complaint box, while the participating journalists
complained it was difficult to get information from the government
agencies. (RSS)