The government is all set to
provide house reconstruction grant to the quake-affected families of 10 more
districts.
The National Reconstruction
Authority (NRA) launched enrollment process for housing reconstruction
assistance with the households displaced by the devastating earthquake in April
and May last year in Singati of Dolakha district a couple of weeks ago.
Dr. Chandra Bahadur Shrestha,
executive director of the NRA informed that multiple teams would leave for
other 10 districts severely hit by the tremors by the next week.
He said that the Authority was
putting all strings together to set ground to launch the Mega Reconstruction
Campaign on April 24th, the 12th day of Baisakh of Nepali
calendar when the devastating quake rocked the nation.
The reconstruction body began
distributing the first installment of grants (Rs. 50,000 of Rs. 200,000 package)
to the families who lost their houses in the quake from Laduk VDC-8 two weeks
ago.
NRA spokesperson Ram Prasad
Thapaliya informed that the authority so far signed agreements with about 600
families in Laduk and Lamidanda VDCs of Dolakha.
After the mobilization of teams
in 10 more districts, distribution of housing grant will formally begin in all
the districts severely hit by the quake excluding the districts in the Kathmandu Valley
The signing would be a tedious
process as the government has to sign agreements as about 500,000 houses were completely damaged while more than
250,000 houses were partially damaged by the tremors.
As per the earthquake damaged private house reconstruction
grant distribution work procedure, 2072, the households will receive the grant
in three installments in their bank accounts.
The first installments will be given after signing the
agreement while second installment, Rs. 80,000, will be disbursed after people
complete the construction of plinth of their house and it is confirmed by the
Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD).
People can ask technician at the District Programme
Implementation Unit under the MoUD.
The
third installment, Rs. 70,000, will be paid after the construction of walls of
the house.
Meanwhile, the reconstruction body informed that the
technical team had completed the geological study of Singati area.
“The team has submitted its study report to the Authority.
We will soon make public the findings of the study,” informed Dr. Shrestha.
A technical team, led by geologists from the Department of
Mines and Geology having representatives from the Department of Water Induced
Disaster Prevention and Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed
Management, studied the geological conditions of Singati and other critical
settlements in Dolakha.
The findings of the study were said to help the government
to make decision about the relocation of the communities at risks.
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