Nepal’s jumla district delivers passports to homes

In Jumla, a district in Nepal, 220 citizens received their passports at their homes over the past five months through a government program.

The District Administration Office partnered with the local post office to deliver the passports directly to residents. Narbahadur Budha, head of the passport branch, stated that 198 passports were delivered this fiscal year up to Bhadra. Last year, 972 people in the district received passports through this home delivery service.

The administration office also reported that 8,060 people in the district have obtained national identity cards.