Kathmandu, Nov. 4 -- The Department of Transport Management on Monday resumed driving licence renewal and related services nearly two months after an arson brought operations to a standstill.

According to Keshav Khatiwada, director of the department, services have restarted in 21 of the country's 42 transport management offices. "Five more offices are in the process of resuming the services soon. We have started with partial services and will expand gradually," Khatiwada said.

He said that some offices would take longer to reopen due to extensive damage caused by the arson. "Offices in Pokhara, Itahari, Lahan, Butwal, Dhangadhi, Dang and Chitwan were badly damaged, so services there cannot begin immediately," he said.

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