More than 4,000 airport entry passes activated after transfer or retirement
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. It has been found that more than four thousand entry pass employees issued for entry into the restricted area of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) are active in the system even after transfer, retirement, resignation or leaving the service.
A study carried out by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers for further strengthening security at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has found that 4,072 passes of government employees who are not currently on duty are active, according to Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s press and research expert Deepa Dahal.TAG_OPEN_div_52
According to him, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has expedited the process of deactivating the old active entry passes issued for entry to the restricted area under the direction and coordination of the Prime Minister’s Office.TAG_OPEN_div_50
According to NEA Director General Mukesh Dangol, out of 4,072 passes that are not currently in operation but are found active in the system, 507 have been collected.TAG_OPEN_div_48
Director General Dangol said that a circular has been issued to the bodies concerned to return the passes of the employees who have been transferred to
, some of the passes have been voluntarily returned and some have been asked to return them by contacting them through phone.
According to Prime Minister’s press and research expert Dahal, the government is immediately implementing the necessary improvement works, keeping the security and sensitivity of the airport in high priority.TAG_OPEN_div_44
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has given the responsibility of coordinating to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to make it effective.TAG_OPEN_div_42 Similarly, works related to airport security, monitoring and improvement have also been carried out in this coordination. According to CAAN, a total of 13,815 units have been issued, including 12,402 permanent passes with photos and 1,413 temporary passes without photos for Tribhuvan International Airport since January 1, 2024.
Among them, 7,677 passes with photo are active and 4,725 passes are inactive.TAG_OPEN_div_40
According to the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Prohibited Area Entry Permit Management Procedure, 2080 (Third Amendment), the process of deactivation of the entry pass has been being conducted regularly.TAG_OPEN_div_38
According to Rule 20 of the Work Procedure, the entry pass should be returned within three days if the employee is not in the responsibility due to transfer, retirement, resignation or any other reason.TAG_OPEN_div_36
According to CAAN, 201 government, non-government and private sector organizations are affiliated to Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).TAG_OPEN_div_34 The classified details of permanent, temporary and outsourcing employees are not immediately available as each organization appoints employees according to its own rules.
According to Director General Dangol, the entry pass is generally issued for two years.TAG_OPEN_div_31 Stating that there is a risk of misuse of such passes in the airport premises or elsewhere if such passes are not immediately deactivated, he said that the process of making such passes deactivated as per the directives of the Prime Minister’s Office has been expedited as per the suggestion to maintain uniformity in record management.
The Prime Minister’s Office has paid attention to the improvement and security efficiency of the sensitive area like the airport keeping in mind the security and other sensitivities.TAG_OPEN_div_29
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