LALITPUR: The District Administration Office (DAO), Lalitpur has delivered 43 units of passports to service seekers at their doorsteps.

The DAO began introduction of home delivery of service in line with the new government’s scheme. The service is enforced with the coordination of postal department since Monday. So far, 43 out of 64 service seekers were provided the official documents at their home address, while remaining documents are under process.

Assistant Chief District Officer Suprabha Khanal Dhungel informed that nearly 1100 passports are issued every month from the office. The number of people willing to receive government service at home is gradually growing. The people, especially from remote areas of the district are benefited with the new scheme.

Irrespective of the new provision in place, the some people are still opt for reaching the government offices to receive the service.

Those getting the official document at home are from Godawari Municipality, Mahalaxmi Municipality and Bagmati Municipality.

Chief of District Postal Office, Rama Pant, informed that the number of people willing to receive government service at home was growing. However, she admitted that the delivery could be slowed owing to resource constraints.