Mugu : The Chhayanath Rara Municipality has passed a procedure to open a labour bank with the concept that prosperity is possible through labour.
Mayor Bishnu Kumar Bham has made the said procedure public through the Municipality Gazette.

Bham, who has been participating in voluntary work at various places in the municipality area every Saturday since being elected as Mayor, stated that the procedure has been introduced to give continuity to voluntary work, preserve the voluntary work culture, and address minor low-cost issues through voluntary work.

According to Mayor Bham, previously, although locals, employees, security personnel and businesspersons spontaneously participated in labour contribution, no records were kept of who came, how many hours they worked, or how many times they participated in voluntary labour contribution.

“Now, the Municipality will keep a record of all those who contribute labour. The Employment Branch will be responsible for this work, and a Labour Bank will be established under the branch,” he added.

Work hours to be deposited in Labour Bank
Generally one thinks of a bank as a place for depositing, withdrawing, borrowing and lending money.

But at the Municipality’s Labour Bank, the hours of labour contributed by participants in the labour service led by the mayor every Saturday will be recorded and considered as deposit.

As per the procedure, to open a bank account and deposit hours into the account, at least two hours of work per day of labour contribution are required.

An account will be opened for all labourers in that bank. The hours of labour contributed by everyone will be recorded in the account. The duration of participation and work in the labour contribution will be deposited into the account.

The employer is provided with a system under which services and facilities from the Municipality are granted based on the hours deposited by the account holder according to the service provisions.

The hours accumulated will be deducted based on the services utilised by the person providing the labour, and additional hours will be accumulated if extra labour is provided.

Those contributing labour will receive benefits such as exemptions from various recommendation fees, health service concessions, transport concessions, educational concessions and insurance, it is stated.