{"id":1198,"date":"2020-08-30T18:20:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T12:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2020-08-30T18:21:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T12:36:15","slug":"following-widespread-criticism-of-crackdown-local-authorities-consider-lifting-restrictions-on-online-delivery-businesses-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=1198","title":{"rendered":"Following widespread criticism of crackdown, local authorities consider lifting restrictions on online delivery businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KATHMANDU- <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following widespread criticism of cracking down on delivery services, the government is now weighing on a decision to relax restrictions for home delivery businesses and services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The District Administration Office in Kathmandu has formed a task force, headed by assistant CDO of Kathmandu Janak Raj Bhatta, to prepare protocols and processes to be put into place while operating online delivery businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe committee has been formed to look into the possibility of lifting restrictions on online delivery businesses by following necessary protocols,\u201d said Jiwan Dulal, an assistant CDO of Kathmandu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFurther decisions on whether to lift restrictions will be based on the recommendations made by the committee,\u201d said Assistant CDO Dulal, adding that the committee has been asked to submit its report within two to three days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other members of the committee include representatives from the Nepal Police, Ministry of Commerce, Supplies and Industry and Ministry of Health and Population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The move to weigh the possibility of lifting restrictions on home delivery services comes in the wake of growing criticism of the government\u2019s recent arrests of delivery staff who were out on the roads to supply goods to their customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As prohibitory orders have kept people inside their houses, many have found it convenient to order their goods online. 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