PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Local Government (LG) and Rural Development have started work on preparation of a centralised computerised database to ensure attendance of all employees aimed at improving service delivery in the province.
All employees of local government departments including tehsil municipal administrations in KP would be registered with the centralised database through a biometric system for an identification and attendance purposes.
LG’s officials told reporter that the new system would help compilation of records and evidence necessary for an initiation of disciplinary proceedings against absent and ghost employees besides improving performance of the field staff.
In the first phase, he said the biometric attendance of all staffers would be started from local bodies’ central secretariat located at Peshawar and later will be extended to local council board, TMAs and other attached organisations in all 35 districts of KP.
He said attendance of all employees would be centralised and connected with the main online database at Peshawar.