Govt did not receive the pledged money: MoF

Kathmandu, May 5, 2015: 

The government has made a call on to the International Agencies and International Non-Government Organizations (INGO) to clarify whether the aid they had announced for the earthquake victims will be donated to the government or be spent by them.

It has also requested the countries offering monetary aid to Nepal to mention the way or methods for how the money would be spent.

The government has asked the international agencies for this as the money was not deposited in the Disaster Relief Fund.

Although hundreds of national and international organizations pledged billions of rupees to support the victims of the April 25 quake, the government has not received any except Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s 3 million USD and Bhutan's 1 million USD.

As a result, there was a huge public outcry.

"Common people thought that the government received billions of rupees from international agencies but it didn't spend the money. The blamed the government for corruption of the quake-victim's money," said Baikuntha Aryal, joint-secretary and coordinator of Budget and Program Division at the Ministry of Finance.

The newspapers and electronic media is carrying stories of monetary aid pledged to quake-hit families every day.

And, people blamed the government for indifferent towards the victims.

"However, this is not the case," said Aryal, "The aid announced by various countries will be spent by the bilateral agencies that are functioning in Nepal."

The money pledged by Australia would be mobilized by AusAid while the money that comes from Canada would be spent by Canadian Aid for the quake-victims.

More than 50 countries and multilateral agency, ADB, humanitarian organizations, Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders and multinational corporations have pledged monetary aid, rescue teams, relief materials and logistics while fund raising activities are continued in many countries.

Ministry of Home Affairs, has also requested to all the stakeholders not to distribute the worn out clothes to the quake-victims.

Around a dozen of old clothes sent from India were sent back to India today, said the ministry.

Foreign search and rescue teams begin to return

Foreign search and rescue teams, that arrived here on the government call and actively involved in rescue and relief operations in quake-hit areas, begin to return to their respective countries.

Around 198 members of search and rescue teams from France, Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherland, Poland, Spain, Turkey, United States of America, Pakistan and India has returned home byTuesday, informed Laxmi Prasad Dhakal, spokesperson at Ministry of Home Affairs.

About 4,050 experts from 34 countries were involved in search, rescue and relief operations which also included 129 sniffer dogs.

The meeting of Central Natural Disaster Relief Committee, Sunday took a decision to request foreign search and rescue teams working here to return home.

Death 7611, injured 14536

The death toll in the quake has reached 7,611 by Tuesday evening while 14,536 were injured.

More than 6,000 quake-hit people are receiving treatment at hospitals.

Ten districts that lost the highest number of citizens are Sindhupalchowk, Kathmandu, Nuwakot, Dhading, Rasuwa, Gorkha, Kavrepalanchowk, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur and Dolakha.

The calamity has claimed about 3 thousand lives in Sindhupalchok alone.

The catastrophe ravaged more than 400,000 houses and government buildings across the country.

Around 201,776 houses and government buildings were collapsed in the tremors while more than 200 thousand were partially damaged.

Altogether 328 people are missing in the quake so far while 200 individuals were rescued from Langtang Region till today.

Meanwhile, Nepal Army has rescued 148 individuals, some of them stranded in various locations, from Dhading, Dolakha and Gorkha. 

More than 7 per cent home damaged

Kathmandu, May 4, 2015: 

The catastrophic earthquake, with epicenter at Barpak, Gorkha on April 25, has hit hard on the residence of the Nepalese people as it damaged more than seven percent homes and government buildings across the country, rendering more than 400,000 families homeless.

According to the Nepal Emergency Operation Centre, an agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), there were 5,477,224 houses across the country while 391,705 houses were damaged in the quake.

More than 191 thousand private homes and 10,744 government buildings were completely destroyed in the quake while 175,162 individual houses and 14,741 government buildings were partially damaged.

The calamity caused a huge loss of lives in Sindhupalchowk, Kathmandu and Nuwakot while it devastated more houses in Dolakha, Gorkha, Nuwakot and Kavre districts.

Housing structure was hit hard in Gorkha, the district with the epicentre, as out of its 66,506 individual homes, 44,877 collapsed and 13,438 were partially damaged by the quake.

Likewise Nuwakot lost around 30,000 houses out of 59,215 individual homes while 15,000 were partially destroyed in the havoc.  

Of 45,688 houses in the districts, Dolakha witnessd 5,000 houses being collapsed and 53,000 partially damaged while the total number of residence in Sindhupalchowk is yet to be ascertained, said the MoHA.

The calamity destroyed a large number of houses and government buildings in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Dhading, Ramechham and other districts.

Although the number of people rendered homeless by the catastrophe was high, the distribution of tents is not satisfactory as only 159,134 pieces of tents have been distributed till today evening.

Not only in the far-flung areas, but quake-hit victims in and around Kathmandu Valley have been long complaining of not getting a temporary shelter above them.

However, the government maintained that it is trying hard to manage tarpaulin sheets and tents while more tents, 100,000 pieces of them received from India and about 60 quintal of tents arrived from China on Sunday, will be sent to the affected areas.

The quake has claimed 7,366 lives by Monday evening while 14,371 were injured. According to the MoHA, 7,240 dead bodies have been handed over to their families or kin.

The quake killed 57 foreigners, 2 Nepal Army,5 Nepal Police and 1 Armed Police Force personnel and 11 civil servants.

1.8 billion reached to the quake-hit districts

The government has channeled 1 billion 791 million rupees to the quake-hit districts which is continuously being distributed to the victims, said Laxmi Prasad Dhakal, spokesperson at MoHA.

By Monday evening, according to the MoHA, 98,191 quintal rice, 690 quintal sugar, 573 quintal salt, 3249 quintal beaten rice and 45 quintal pulses was distributed among the victims while 182,034 cartons of noodles, 57,775 cartons of biscuits, 15,798 cases of water, 3,528 sets of solar light, 213,172 pieces of water purifying tablets and 2,670 set hygiene kits were distributed.

Meanwhile, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged 20 billion rupees to Nepal in order to assist the latter in reconstruction of the damaged infrastructure and cultural heritages in the devastating earthquake.

ADB has announced this assistance to Nepal in its 48 Annual Meeting organized in Azerbaijan.

It has already contributed 300 million rupees as the relief assistance to the quake victims.

The meeting has provided minister for Finance, Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat a special time where he put forward the need of the nations at the time of catastrophe. 

Mongolian Consulate distributed relief materials

Kathmandu, May 4, 2015: 

The Honorary Consulate of Mongolia in Nepal has distributed UV purified drinking water and other edible relief materials to the victims of the calamity caused by the earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25.

Issuing a press release, the consulate has informed that the UV purified drinking water was bottled on its premises solely for the purpose of distributing to the quake-victims.

Tsetan Gyurman Shrestha, Honorary Consul of Mongolia to Nepal, along with his team, has reached Shankharapur Municipality, Ward no. 1, 2, 3 and Saankhu, Ward no. 12 on Friday and Sunday to distribute two vehicle loads of water, beaten rice, biscuits and instant noodles, the release said. 

Pakistan pledges to continue support

Kathmandu, May 4, 2015: 

Pakistan has reiterated its support for Nepal.

"The entire Pakistani nation is with their Nepali brethren in their hour of grief and sorrow, Pakistan would continue to extend every possible assistance to Nepal in this hour of need," said foreign secretary of Pakistan Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry at a press briefing in Islamabad, Sunday.

Pakistan was one of the first countries to offer assistance to Nepal after the deadly earthquake that struck the country on April 25.

Since April 26 Pakistan’s C-130s have been regularly flying to Nepal with relief assistance which includes, among others, medicines, tents, rice, lentils, MREs, blankets etc.

So far six C-130 plane-load of relief assistance has reached Nepal from Pakistan.

"Moreover, the Prime Minister of Pakistan has established an exclusive Relief Fund for Nepal, with Pakistanis at home and abroad being mobilized to contribute generously to the fund," said a press release issued by Embassy of Pakistan in Kathmandu.

A 30-bed field hospital was immediately established at Bhaktapur, where around 1000 injured persons have so far been treated.

Another team from Pakistan has remained involved in search and rescue efforts in Bakhtapur district.

Two C-130’s are scheduled to reach Kathmandu tomorrow morning with relief assistance which would include 700 tents and tarpaulin shelters.

WaterAid to launch emergency response programme

Kathmandu, May 4, 2015: 

WaerAid Nepal is launching an emergency response programme providing water, sanitation and hygiene services to the areas hit by the catastrophic earthquake on April 25.

 WaterAid, a development organization working in Nepal since 1987, will provide water purification tablets and hygiene kits to survivors, ensuring safe water in areas where the supply has been cut off while the organization also plans to install emergency sanitation measures like pit latrines and trenches.

"We will work with partners in five regions to materialize the health and sanitation efforts," said a statement issued by WaterAid.

"WaterAid Nepal is concerned that in many areas, water and sanitation infrastructure is likely to have been severely damaged in the earthquake, leaving people without clean water and nowhere safe to go to the toilet. In these conditions, there is high risk of an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and diarrhoea which could lead to a second humanitarian crisis in the affected regions," the statement further said.

WaterAid and its partner organizations have reached 4,565 people so far with water purification tablets that would be enough for 10 days.

 The number included 1,300 children whose families received water purification supplies as part of a Ministry of Health emergency vaccination programme.

 WaterAid expects to reach thousands more in coming days as further supplies, including emergency community water filters, water purification tablets, hygiene kits containing buckets, soap, cloths and sanitary napkins, and other items are received, said Tripti Rai, WaterAid's Country Representative in Nepal.

Quake victims will have temporary shelter: MoHA

Kathmandu, May 3, 2015:

All of the victims of the catastrophic earthquake that rocked the nation on April 25 will have temporary shelter within a couple of days, said Ministry of Home Affairs (MoFA).

More than 155,200 pieces of tents, small and large, have been distributed to the quake-hit families till Sunday evening, a dramatic increase from the day before as only 47,801 tents had been distributed till then.

In an interaction with the journalists on Sunday evening, Laxmi Prasad Dhakal, spokesperson at MoHA said, "Along with that, 100,000 pieces of tents will arrive from India tomorrow. As our missions abroad are also putting their efforts to collect tarpaulin sheets, the quake-victims will get tents within a couple of days."

According to the government and United Nations around 8 millions of people are affected by the calamity and more than 400,000 families urgently need temporary shelter.

Even after 200 hours, people in the far-flung village are yet to receive relief materials, specially tents, foods and water.

More than 19,400 pieces of the tents distributed were contributed by the Red Cross, 76,788 distributed by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, 26,003 by Ministry of Urban Development and 11,000 from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) while China sent 8,650 pieces of tents, Pakistan 2,250 pieces and India assisted 1,160 pieces of tents.

Altogether 12 countries sent 9,867 pieces of small and 3948 pieces of large tents while Pakistan sent the biggest number of large tents.

The government has disbursed 1.35 billion rupees to the quake affected districts while 9,692 quintal of rice, 310 quintal of sugar, 383 quintal of salt, 96,672 carton of noodles and 3,249 quintal of beaten rice were given to the victims. The local bodies have so far distribued74,848 quintal of food grains to the victims.

Rescued alive after nine days

Fanchu Ghale,105-years old, was rescued alive from the debris of his own home in Nuwakot nine days after the earthquake hit his home.

Likewise, the Armed Police Force (APF) rescue squad rescued Gyan Kumari Khatri, Kanchan Khatri and Dhan Kumari Khatri of Syaule – 8 of Sindhupalchowk, alive.

According to the MoHA, 65,016 Nepal Army, 41,776 Nepal Police and 24,775 APF personnel were deployed for the rescue and relief operations in the quake-hit districts while 4,050 experts and other individuals from 34 countries were involved in rescue and relief operations.

Apart from that, 129 sniffing dogs have also been used in the rescue operations.

More than 700 doctors and health personnel from various countries provided health care services while some of them established full-equipped field hospitals in different locations in quake-affected areas, said Dhakal.

The death toll from the quake reached 7,250 till Sunday evening. Of them, 7,124 dead bodies were handed over to their relatives.  Altogether 14,267 people were injured in the disaster. Around 200,552 houses were destroyed while 186,285 houses and government buildings were damaged partially. 

Relief operations continue in remote areas

Kathmandu, Apr. 30, 2015: 

The total loss of lives in the devastating earthquake on Saturday afternoon and its successive jolts is yet unknown while the tremors claimed the lives of 5,582 by Thursday afternoon and the toll was climbing up.

According to government's primary estimation, about 10,000 people might have lost their lives in the calamity.

The rescue and relief operations in the far flung villages in Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot, Gorakha, Rasuwa and Dhading have just started today or the day before therefore it would take another week to get the primary data, said Laxmi Prasad Dhakal, spokesperson at Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).

According to MoHA, remote areas were not getting sufficient relief items till today evening.

However, government and foreign rescue teams are struggling hard to reach there as efforts to reach mountains were marred by the bad weather.

The overwhelming earthquake killed 5,113 in the Central Region alone while the tremors claimed the lives of 415 in the Western Region and 52 in the Eastern Region.

Sindhupalchowk district witnessed the loss of its 1,677 citizens in the calamity while 1049 died in Kathmandu, 707 in Nuwakot, 527 in Dhading and 407 in Gorkha.

The death toll was alarmingly going up in the hills as the rescue operations started there recently that is why the number of deaths is continuously rising in Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot and Dhading, said MoHA.

The Far-Western Region was the least affected with no death and injuries caused by the quake reported so far.

In the Mid-Western Region Rolpa and Rukum lost one person each in the earthquake.

More than 11 thousand people sustained injuries in the devastating jolts.

The Central Region has the highest number of wounded persons with 9,691 sustaining injuries while 1177 were injured in the Western Region and 283 in the Eastern Region.

236 Thousand Houses Damaged

The devastating earthquake has caused a severe damage to the government and private houses across the country as more than 236,000 houses were damaged fully or partially in the tremors.

The highest number of houses were damaged in Nuwakot district as 30,000 private houses collapsed there and 15,000 damaged partially while 20,000 houses destroyed in Dhading and 17,750 in Kathmandu.

However, information about the damage on houses in Sindhupalchowk and Gorkha is yet to be updated. Acording to the MoHA, more than 90 per cent houses in these districts have been collapsed in the tremors.

The highest number of houses were damaged in the Central Region with 121,700 houses fully destroyed and 66,767 house damaged partially while in the Western Region, altogether 5,675 families lost their residence in Western region and 11,164 homes experienced partial damage.

The Eastern Region witnessed the destruction of 2,581 private houses and partial damage to 6965 homes.

Altogether 77 houses damaged in the Mid-Western Region while no houses were damaged in the Far-Western Region.

The quake destroyed 10,145 government buildings across the nation while 11,175 government buildings damaged partially.

Some International organizations had made primary estimation that the quake damaged the property worth 900 billion rupees.

Houses damaged by the quake (as of Thursday afternoon)

Region	Government		Private
	Fully	Partially	Fully	Partially
Eastern	37	304	2581	6965
Central	10103	13087	121700	66767
Western	5	68	5675	11164
Mid-Western	-	36	77	954
Far-Western	-	7	0	6
Total	10145	11175	130033	85856

Source: National Emergency Operation Centre, MoHA

Quake death toll reaches 4,680

 9,073 sustained injuries 

Kathmandu, Apr. 28, 2015:

The devastating earthquake has killed 4,680 people by Tuesday evening while 9,073 sustained injuries during the tremors.

The quake on Saturday afternoon with the epicenter at Barpak of Gorkha, measured 7.9 on the Richter Scale, has claimed the lives of 1,448 people of Kathmandu Valley while 4,896 people in the valley injured during the jolts.

According to spokesperson of Nepal Police, DIG Kamal Singh Bam, the death toll would rise as the rescue operations continue.

Rescue operations have just started in some of the remote areas.

There was a massive loss of human life and property in the quake.

The earthquake killed people as far as Taplejung, district bordering with India in the east, and Rukum, hill district in Mid-Western Region.

It has devastated large number of human settlements in the mid Hill areas causing highest damages to lives and property in Kathmandu Valley, Sindhupalchowk, Gorkha, Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts.

As many as 30 districts witnessed the loss of lives and property during the jolts.

Although deaths have not been reported from many of the districts from Western Region so far, more than two thirds of houses have been destroyed by the quake.

 Sindhupalchowk has the highest death toll rising to 1,250. The quake claimed the lives of 1,039 people in Kathmandu, 250 in Bhaktapur and 159 in Bhaktapur.   

The number of death in Nuwakot district is 560 while the jolts claimed 374 lives in Gorkha.

Rasuwa, Dhading and Kavre are the district with more than 200 deaths. 250 deaths have been reported so far from Rasuwa while 346 lost their lives in Dhading and 252 in Kavre.

Central Region of Nepal, which also includes the Kathmandu Valley, has the largest incidents of death where 4245 people succumbed to the earthquake while 7717 people sustained injuries.

Western Region has 382 deaths and 1119 individual sustained injuries.

The quake claimed 51 lives from the Eastern Region while 2 deaths were reported from Mid-Western region so far. 

Export trade helps in economic progress: VP Pun

Kathmandu, July 29: Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun Friday said that only the country that has strong export trade can make rapid economic progress.

Addressing a programme organised on the occasion of the 22^nd Cargo Day, VP Pun said, “Our neighbours India and China have excelled in export trade which has help them to make economic progress and development in a swift way. We need to learn from them.”

The programme was organised by the Nepal Freight Forwarders Association (NEFFA).

Appreciating the government’s efforts to enhance the export potential of the country, VP Pun stated that the exporters and freight forwarders should be provided with more facilities as the international trade has become more competitive over the years.

He urged the government to address the issues raised by the freight forwarders and private sector.

He expressed serious concerns over the growing import and declining export business.

President of NEFFA Prakash Jung Karki appreciated the government for working with the private sector in resolving the issues related to trade and freight forwarding.

“In order to facilitate the overseas trade of the country, promote export potential and facilitate the private sector the government should develop container freight stations at various locations in Nepal,” he said.

He stated that the current law on multi model transportation of goods needs amendment with special focus on the rights of multi model transport operator and there should be a provision of cargo legal liability insurance.

“We need to amend the prevailing laws as per the Revised Kyoto Convention and policy of World Trade Organisation (WTO) and World Customs Organisation (WCO),” he said.

Former president of NEFFA Rajan Sharma stressed the need for strong coordination between the government and private sector for the trade facilitation and urged the former to simplify the process at the customs and enhance transit facility to promote export business.

He said that Nepal can use the Bishakhapattanam port as an alternative route for its international trade. “However, Haldia port can be the best alternative.”

Sharma hailed the initiatives taken for Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) motor vehicle movement and asked the Ministry of Commerce to take a lead role to implement the concept at the earliest.

Secretary at Commerce Naindra Prasad Upadhyaya said that strong policy and legal framework, better infrastructure and coordination and facilitation were the foundation for the improved international trade.

Acting president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) Bhawani Rana said that the cargo operators were the envoy of Nepalese business community in the international market and demanded that they should be provided with every possible facility.

President of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) Hari Bhakta Sharma said that lots of paper works have hampered Nepal’s international trade. “The government should support the private sector in establishing industries and business and should continuously support them to reduce the cost of doing business,” he stated.

President of Nepal Chamber of Commerce Rajesh Kazi Shrestha said that the cargo business had an important role to enhance export trade and maintained that access to China could also promote trade between Nepal and Pakistan. 

NBI launches toolkit on business emergency

Kathmandu, July 29: In order to provide support measures to help business prepare for emergency, a toolkit on business emergency preparedness is published Friday.

Titled as ‘Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning for Business: A Guide and Self-Assessment’, the guidebook aims at guiding the business managers for better emergency preparedness practices within the companies through six easy steps.

The book was unveiled by chief executive officer of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Sushil Gyawali amidst a programme.

Gyawali said that the government had given priority to economic rebuilding. “However, more efforts are needed to reconstruct and rehabilitate small, cottage and medium industries in the quake affected areas.”

He stated that the private sector had an important role to play in the reconstruction works.

Appreciating the role of private sector and civil society in rescue and relief works after the major jolts in April and May last year, Gyawali said that production, employment generation and financial inclusion needed strong coordination with the private sector.

President of the National Business Initiative (NBI) Padma Jyoti said that the Nepalese businesses were not prepared at all for emergencies.

“There was no management system in place to anticipate, plan and resolve such conditions of emergencies. Consequently, critical areas of business such as operations, employee safety, cash flows, supply chains, distribution chains were hit hard and business managers had a difficult time trying to navigate through such uncertain situations,” he said in his foreword in the book.

He said that the private sector was capable of supplying the construction materials required in the reconstruction process but the government should facilitate the business in multiple fronts from energy to infrastructure.

Jyoti informed that the NBI and National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET) will provide further support services required by business to start developing the emergency preparedness systems within the industry of workplace. 

Executive director of NSET Amod Mani Dixit urged the private sector to practice hazard and vulnerability assessment.

“It became evidently that without the active involvement of the private sector, the country’s aspiration of shifting the paradigm from the traditional concept of disaster relief to the culture of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) including disaster preparedness cannot be achieved,” he said.

The book is published by the NBI and NSET. 

Revolt against time

Ek Udas Saanjh by Pramod Pradhan, 

Published by Bibek Sirjansheel Prakashan Pvt. Ldt., Price NPR 175

There are very few people who live by writing and never tired of it. They write many sorts of things, edit volumes and document history of literature. Pramod Pradhan is among those few writers who need no introduction. With about 30 titles having his name as writer and editor, Pradhan is one of the most active writers of our age. What makes him different than others is his efforts to document the history of literature – he has documented the development of Nepalese essays and encyclopedia of Nepali Child Literature. A former board member of the Rastriya Samachar Samiti and News Editor of Aarthik Abhiyan Daily, Pradhan is also famous for his literature for children. He has authored about a dozen storybooks, poem collections for children.

Recently Pradhan has come up with the anthology of poems, Ek Udas Saanjh which includes 55 poems he penned down in different periods from Panchayat regime to democracy and republic. The poet himself has said that the poems were the voice of those periods. In his poems he express his revolt against the time, restriction and suppression which is well expressed in his poem 'Prashnaharuko Kahataroma' (In a bowl of questions) where a prisoner demands either freedom or death.

Kebal ujyaalo bihan deo

Saktainau bhane –

Andhyaaro chihan deo .

(Give me just a bright morning

If you can't –

Give me dark grave.)

In another poem titled 'Ek Kanti Salaiko Khojma' (In search of a matchstick), he says:

Malai ek kanti salai deo

Maile aankha tirmiraune gadha rangharu jalaunu chha .

Maile ragatamya aksharharu jalaunu chha.

(Give me a matchstick

For I need to burn those letters that dazzle eyes

I need to burn down the bloody letters.)

The Panchayat era was the age of oppression and suppression where the voice against the regime or monarchy would be suppressed brutally. Same rebellion can be found in the creations during 1960s and 70s when there was no freedom of expression and the youth were fighting against the tyrannical Panchayat regime. Pradhan entered into the foray of writing in the same period.

Pradhan has criticised the history through his poems as it has just become the chronology of rulers and the elites. His poems are full of metaphor and imagery. In a poem he compares a cock in a cage with an imprisoned youth who is jailed just because he wanted an egalitarian society. In another poem, he presents the rebellion in the minds of people as fire which might gut the oppressors some day. He urges the people to write their own history from their sweat and blood.

But, Pradhan's poems are not just limited to the boundary of Nepal, they fly as far as Luvre museum in France where he praises 'Monalisa'. The book has some poems on nature, love, humanity and loneliness. The title poem portrays a heart of a defeated youth who says he is alone and sad like the candle in the evening.

'Ek udas saanjh' is Pradhan's fourth poetry collection after 'Raatbharika Suskeraharu', 'Bibhajit Manchhe' and 'Ekantageet', and includes some poems from all the three books.

Vegetable market scares customers

The largest government run vegetable market at Kalimati is the worst place to visit in the capital city. One feels like entering into the waste dumping site while visiting the area. Unpleasant smell, mud and tiny insects prevail round the clock. There is a board to run and manage the market but it's almost dysfunctional. It awoke from years of slumber only after Agricultural Minister himself went to monitor the area. Although it's been a couple of weeks since the minister visited the area, less improvement can be seen there. 

Many people feel like vomiting at the parking lot at the back of the wholesale market and fish corner because of unbearable smell. What the market urgently needed is the repair of the road inside its premises, waste basket at various locations, clean toilets and training to the vegetable sellers. The shopkeepers should be strictly directed to manage a waste basket themselves and dispose the remains of the vegetable in it. Furthermore, it also needs a waiting room for the visitors. (MD)

Govt appeals people to support PMDRF

Kathmandu, Apr. 28, 2015:

The government has appealed to all Nepalese citizens and foreigners to deposit their monetary support into the accounts of the Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund (PMDRF) at Nepal Bank Limited - 00211053313, Standard Chartered Bank Nepal – 01013243801, Nepal Bangladesh Bank – 035141 C, Everest Bank Limited – 00101102200012 and 00100105200270 and Global IME Bank – 0411010000005.

The emergency relief assistance for the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday afternoon, and afterwards, is on the rise as more countries, organizations and private companies, national and international, have announced monetary, technical and other aid to Nepal.

Japan  provided 8.4 million dollars emergency grant aid to the devastating earthquake relief efforts which was announced on Monday while it has also announced 2 million USD relief aid for tents and blankets through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the humanitarian support to the victims.

Apart from the monetary support, Japan also decided to send 45 member Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team comprised of team leader, doctors, nurses and pharmacists which arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

Likewise, Japan sent a JDR Rescue Team on Monday to conduct rescue operations for missing persons in response to the Government of Nepal request.

JDR Rescue Team includes 70 evacuation specialists from police, fire department, and JICA. 

A statement from the Embassy of Japan, Kathmandu said, "The Government of Japan makes its utmost efforts on these emergency humanitarian supports and continues to provide Nepal with effective assistance in the stage of recovery and reconstruction in a seamless manner."

United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund has announced the assistance of 15 million USD as the humanitarian support.

United States of America has sent US Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and announced a grant of 10 million USD while European Commission announced assistance of 3 million Euro for the quake relief.

United Kingdom was preparing to send a Gurkha Army Engineers team, the Daily Mail reports. UK has also sent 1,000 temporary houses and 1,700 solar lamps to the quake affected area.

Bhutanese prime minister Tsering Tobge took a round to Nepal with the relief assistance of 10 million USD along with 63 volunteers from Bhutan.

Tobge is the only foreign head of government who visited the country in the time of national crisis, so far.

Meanwhile, Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) constructed separate committee to help the government and people in the rescue and relief operations.

Both the parties also directed their central committee members, lawmakers and cadres to go to the earthquake affected districts and begin rescue and relief operations in coordination with the Chief District Officer.

Non-Resident Nepalese Association is collecting money for the relief in Europe, Middle East and American countries.

It has made an appeal to its members and Nepalese communities abroad to donate money in the Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund (PMDRF).

Likewise, Help Nepal announced the donation of 10 million rupees while Centre for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) announced 12.8 million rupees donation as the humanitarian support.

Nepalese civil servants would donate their certain day's salary to the PMDRF.

Special class government officers would donate amount equal to their 15 days salary while first class officers would donate 10 days and second class and other government officials would contribute their 5 days salary to PMDRF.

Meanwhile, Indian multinational companies announced various kinds of assistance to assist the government in relief operations.

Coca-cola, India sent 10,000 pieces of 1 litre water bottle, Godrej workers announced to contribute their 1 day salary and Dabur Nepal would donate juice and glucose while Rasna would donate 7 tonnes glucose and powder milk and Surya Nepal, an subsidiary of Indian Tobacco Company (ITC), would help the government with 200,000 packet of food items and 9 tonnnes of biscuits. 

Quake death reaches 2,000

Kathmandu, Apr. 26, 2015: 

(Published in The Rising Nepal) 

The number of casualties in the deadly earthquake reached 2000 by the Sunday evening while at least 4655 people who sustained injuries during the tremor are receiving treatment in hospitals across the country. The death toll continues to swell as the rescue operations continue.

Thousands of houses, hundreds of schools, hospitals and cultural monuments were destroyed by the jolt. Most of the houses have turned to dust in the hill districts like Gorkha, the epicenter of the first quake, Dhading, Gulmi, Palpa, Kaski and many others.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, more than a billion rupees would require to reconstruct the demolished infrastructures and settlements in each district while it is too early to speculate the amount of losses in the Kathmandu valley. All the schools and colleges are shut down for indefinite period.

All the hospitals in the Kathmandu valley, Bharatpur, Gorkha, Butwal, Dhading and Kavre are filled with injured people.

Hospitals had called all of their doctors, medical teams and support services and began the treatment right after the first hit of the quake.

Major hospitals in the valley like Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Bir Hospital, B and B, Patan and others have use hospital passages, premises and adjacent open space to treat the wounded people. 

 The quake on Saturday afternoon and its aftershocks that shook the nations till late afternoon Sunday, instilled terror in people causing them flee their homes and businesses.

Another massive jolt was felt on sunday afternoon around 1:05 that was measured 6.9 in Richter Scale.

Almost all Nepalese were out of their homes on Sunday night.

They set up tent in every open area in the Kathmandu valley including Tundikhel, Tribhuvan Univerity ground and Cricket Stadium in Kirtipur, school and college grounds, gardens in the city.

Even tourists left their hotels in Thamel area in search of safer place just to find shelter in the compound of Social Welfare Council and other open areas in the surrounding.

PM urged for national Unity

Prime Minister Sushil Koirala urged for national unity and unified effort in the time of national crisis. PM Koirala, who cut short his Bandung visit by 2 days, arrived Kathmandu on Sunday afternoon owing to the devastation caused by the earthquake that had epicenter in Gorkha district and measured 7.9 in the Richter Scale.

He directly reached the Ministry of Home Affairs from the Tribhuvan International Airport to address a press conference.

PM Koirala praised the role of government agencies, private sector, civil society organizations and other stakeholders who are putting their efforts in rescue and relief operations across the nation while he urged for more blood donations programs so that blood shortage wouldn't hit when it is most necessary.

"We are expecting more positive role and coordination from all the stakeholders in this situation of emergency," he said.

PM Koirala also informed that the prime ministers and head of the state from Bharat, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka and other neighbours had offered to help Nepalese people.

Private Sector started relief efforts

Leading private sector organizations of Nepal, Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) and Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) have started relief efforts since Sunday morning.

Although some private sector companies and institutions started to assist the rescue an relief efforts the day before, the three leading organizations have decided to initiate institutional endeavors to help the people hit hard by the tremor.

President of NCC, Rajesh Kaji Shrestha informed that private sector organizations are distributing water, tent and other necessary materials to those who have lost their home in the quake.

Officiating president of FNCCI, Pashupati Murarka said, "We are collecting the food items. But, due to problem in mobile network it is difficult to contact the suppliers. Nevertheless, we handed over 1000 cases of noodles and 2000 bottle drinking water to the Ministry of Home Affairs."

According to him the tremor in the afternoon today disturbed the meeting where private sector representatives were gathered to discuss the way and methods of assisting the government and people in the time of crisis.

We have urged our friends to open the shops and restaurants so that people could get food items at ease, he said.

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सात लाख परिवार विस्थापित

गत बैसाख १२ गतेको शक्तिशाली भुकम्प र त्यसपछिका सयौं पराकम्पनले ठूलो जनधनको क्षति गरेको छ । भुकम्पका धक्काले ८ हजार ७ सय जनाको ज्यान लिइसकेको छ भने २२ हजार भन्दा बढी घाइते भएका छन् । पहिलो शक्तिशाली धक्काको पाँच साता वित्दासम्म नेपालभर ५ लाख भन्दा बढी घर ध्वस्त भएका छन् भने २ लाख ७५ हजारभन्दा बढी घरमा आंशिक क्षति पुगेको छ । यसले झण्डै ७ लाख परिवार विस्थापित भएको देखाउँछ ।
भुकम्पले सबैभन्दा बढी क्षति मध्यमाञ्चलमा गरेको छ । यस क्षेत्रका काठमाडौं उपत्यका, सिन्धुपाल्चोक, नुवाकोट, रसुवा, दोलखा, धादिङलगायत जिल्लाको जनजीवन अस्तव्यस्त बनेको छ । नुवाकोट, रसुवा र सिन्धुका लगभग सबैजसो घर माटोमा मिलेका छन् । साथै, अर्बौं रुपैयाँको बालीनाली, पशुपंक्षी तथा विकासका पूर्वाधार पनि भुकम्पमा परि स्वाहा भएका छन् ।

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गृह मन्त्रालयले सार्वजनिक गरेको प्रारम्भिक अनुमानअनुसार भुकम्पका कारण ४० लाख भन्दा बढी नेपाली नागरिकले बास गुमाएका छन् । अझ संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघको भनाइलाई मान्ने हो भने घरबारविहिनको संख्या त्यसको झण्डै दोब्बर छ । अर्थमन्त्री डा. रामशरण महत भन्नुहुन्छ, “यस्तो अवस्थामा अहिलेको सबैभन्दा ठूलो चुनौति वर्षा लाग्नु अघि नै सबैका लागि अस्थायी वासस्थानको निर्माण गर्नु हो ।” भुकम्प पछिका केही दिन अव्यवस्थित देखिएको पाल तथा अन्य राहत सामग्री वितरण र व्यवस्थापन विस्तारै व्यवस्थित हुँदै गएको गृह मन्त्रालयका प्रवक्ता लक्ष्मीप्रसाद ढकाल बताउनुहुन्छ ।
पूर्ण ध्वस्त भएका पाँच लाख भन्दा बढी परिवार त पूर्ण रुपमा विस्थापित भएका छन् भने आंशिक क्षति पुगेका घरहरु पनि खाली नै छन् । पराकम्पनको डरले भित्तामा रौंचिरा मात्र देखिएका कतिपय घरमा समेत मानिसहरु भित्र पसेका छैनन् । क्षतिग्रस्त घरको अध्ययन गर्न जिल्लामा खटिएको टोलीले अझै सम्म क्षतिको समीक्षा अध्ययन सम्पन्न गरिनसकेकाले कति घरको पुनर्निमाण गर्नु पर्छ वा कति घर सामान्य मरमत पछि नै बस्न हुने छन् भन्ने तथ्याङ्क आइसकेको छैन । क्षतिग्रस्त घरको पुनर्निमाणमा लाग्ने खर्चको अनुमान पनि अझै भइसकेको छैन । त्यसको विवरण छिट्टै आउने राष्ट्रिय योजना आयोगका प्रवक्ता सागर आचार्यको भनाइ छ ।
मृतकका परिवारलाई राहत
बैसाख १७ गते बसेको मन्त्रीपरिषदको बैठकले भूकम्पमा परि मृत्यु भएकाहरुको क्रिया खर्चवापत मृतकका एकाघरका निकटतम परिवारजनलाई प्रति मृतक ४० हजार रुपैयाँ र मृत्यु भएका व्यक्तिको एकाघरको प्रत्येक परिवारलाई १ लाख रुपैयाँ उपलब्ध गराउने निर्णय गरेको थियो । साथै, घरमा गम्भीर क्षति पुगि त्यहाँ बस्न नसक्ने अवस्थामा रहेका तथा सबै परिवारजन गुमाइ असहाय भएकाहरुका लागि सुरक्षित स्थानमा शिविर बनाइ राख्ने र अर्को व्यवस्था नभएसम्म खाने बस्ने व्यवस्था पनि गृह मन्त्रालयले गरिदिने निर्णय पनि मन्त्रीपरिषले गरेको थियो । विभिन्न निजी तथा गैरसरकारी संस्थाहरुको समेत सहयोगमा सरकार तत्कालका लागि भुकम्प पिडितलाई गास र अस्थायी वासस्थानको व्यवस्था गर्न सफल भएको छ । यद्यपि ति कुरामा सरकार चुकेको र सुस्त भएकोमा आलोचनाहरु भने भइ नै रहेको छ ।

घरबास गुमाउनेको पीडा
भुकम्पमा परी घरबास गुमाउनेहरुका लागि सरकारले कुल २ लाख रुपैयाँ दिने निर्णय गरेको छ । त्यसमध्ये १५ हजार रुपैयाँ जिल्ला दैवीप्रकोप उद्दार समिति तथा गाविस सचिव मार्फत पिडितहरुलाई हस्तारन्तरण गरिसकिएको गृह मन्त्रालय बताउँछ । बाँकी १ लाख ८५ हजार रुपैयाँ वितरणका लागि कार्यविधि निर्माण भइरहेको गृह मन्त्रालयका प्रवक्ता ढकालले जानकारी दिनुभयो । जतिसक्दो चाँडो सो रकम भूकम्प प्रभावित व्यक्तिहरु समक्ष पु¥याउने प्रयास भइरहेको उहाँको भनाइ छ । तर, प्रभावितहरु भने सरकारले नगद दिनुको साटो जस्ता पाता दिनु पर्ने माग गरिरहेका थिए । अझै पनि धेरैले जस्तापाता पाउन सकेका छैनन् । खासगरी दुर्गम गाउँहरुमा जस्ता पाता किन्न पनि नपाइएको उनीहरुको गुनासो छ ।

अनुदान र सहुलियत ऋण
गाउँका कच्ची घर २ लाख रुपैयाँमा बने पनि भवन संहिताको पालन गरिएका तथा नक्सा पास गरिएका घरहरुको निर्माणमा दशौं लाख रुपैयाँ लाग्छ । अर्कातर्फ शहरी तथा नगरोन्मुख ग्रामीण क्षेत्रका बासिन्दाहरु कंक्रिटको घर बनाउन चाहन्छन् । यी सबै कुरालाई ख्याल गर्दै सरकारले सहुलियत व्याजदरमा घर कर्जा उपलब्ध गराउने भएको छ ।

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भुकम्पमा घर गुमाएकाहरुका लागि मात्र २ प्रतिशत व्याजदरमा सहुलियत घर कर्जा उपलब्ध गराउन नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंकले वैङ्क तथा वित्तीय संस्थाहरुलाई निर्देशन दिएको छ । राष्टङ बैङ्कले केही दिन अघि सार्वजनिक गरेको कार्यविधि अनुसार भुकम्पमा बास गुमाउने काठमाडौं उपत्यकाका प्रति घरपरिवारले २५ लाख रुपैयाँ र अन्य प्रभावित जिल्लाकाले प्रतिपरिवार १५ लाख रुपैयाँ घरकर्जा पाउने छन् । एक वर्षसम्म साँवा तथा व्याज भुक्तानी समेत गर्नु नपर्ने व्यवस्था गरिएको त्यो ऋण भुकम्प प्रभावितहरुका लागि ठूलो राहत हुने अनुमान गरिएको छ । त्यो भन्दा बढी ऋण चाहनेले बैंकमा राखेको धितो अनुसार थप कर्जा लिन सक्ने छन् तर त्यसमा भने बैंकले प्रचलित ब्याज दर लिने छन् । हाल बैंकहरुले घरकर्जामा ९ देखि १४ प्रतिशतसम्म व्याज लिने गरेका छन् ।
यसरी ठूलै सहुलियतको रुपमा आउन लागेको सो कर्जा ५ देखि १० वर्षमा भुक्तानी गर्नु पर्नेछ भने बैंकले बीमा तथा अन्य आवश्यक शुल्क थप लिन पाउने पनि राष्ट्र बैंकको भनाइ छ । चार चरणमा भुक्तानी लिन पाइने सो कर्जा सुविधा पाउन घर पुनर्निर्माण गर्दा भवन संहिता तथा भुकम्प प्रतिरोधात्मक मापदण्डको पालना भने गरेकै हुनुपर्छ । (हेर्नुहोस बक्स)
वाणिज्य बैंकहरुले सरकारको यो कदमलाई पूर्णरुपमा सघाउने भएका छन् । राष्ट्रिय भवन संहिता तथा भुकम्पन प्रतिरोधक मापदण्डको पालना गर्नै पर्ने भएकाले सहुलियत दरको कर्जा दुरुपयोग हुने संभावना ज्यादै कम रहेको उनीहरु बताउँछन् । सानिमा बैंकका प्रमुख कार्यकारी अधिकृत भुवन दाहाल भन्नुहुन्छ, “बैंकहरुले सम्पूर्ण प्रावधान पूरा गरेकालाई मात्र ऋण दिने हुँदा सहुलियत दरको कर्जा दुरुपयोग हुँदैन ।”
यति हुँदाहुँदै पनि सरकारले असार मसान्तसम्मका लागि घर निर्माणमा लगाएको प्रतिबन्ध र त्यसपछि पनि नक्सा पास गर्नै पर्ने प्रावधानले भुकम्प प्रभावितहरुले सहुलियत दरको कर्जा लिन अझै ४–५ महीना लाग्न सक्ने बैंकरहरु बताउँछन् । यसले भने पिडितहरुलाई थप मर्कामा पार्न सक्ने देखिन्छ । त्यसैले सरकारले जतिसक्दो चाँडो नीति निर्माण गरी कर्जाप्रवाहका लागि मार्गप्रसस्त गर्नुपर्छ ।

घर भत्काउन सिफारिस समिति
सरकारले शहरी विकास मन्त्रालयका सहसचिव शिवहरि शर्माको संयोजकत्वमा घर भत्काउने सिफारिस गर्न विशेष समिति गठन गरेर काम अघि बढाएको छ । गृह, संघीय मामिला तथा स्थानीय विकास र भौतिक पूर्वाधार तथा यातायात मन्त्रालयका सहसचिवका साथै नेपाल आर्मीका सहायक रथी तथा नेपाल प्रहरी र सशस्त्र प्रहरी बलका प्रहरी नायब उपरीक्षक र स्थानीयका निकायका प्रमुख संलग्न सो टोलीले कुनै घर भत्काउनै पर्ने हो होइन त्यसको निक्र्यौल गर्नेछ । त्यसपछि नेपाल आर्मी नेतृत्वको संयुक्त सुरक्षा फौजको टोलीलाई सो घर भत्काउन सिफारिस गर्नेछ ।
तर, त्यसरी भत्काएका सबै घरको भग्नावशेष हटाउने काम भने सो टोलीले नगर्ने काठमाडौं महानगरपालिका अन्तर्गतको शहरी विकास शाखाका प्रमुख डा. उत्तरकुमार रेग्मी बताउनुहुन्छ । “भग्नावशेष व्यवस्थापनको काम घर धनीकै हो । तर, कुनै घरको भग्नावशेषले सडक वा सार्वजनिक सम्पत्तिमा असर वा बाधा पु¥याउने देखिएमा भने हामी त्यसलाई प्राथमिकताका साथ हटाउछौं ।” यद्यपि अवस्था हेरी कतिपय निजी घरको भग्नावशेष व्यवस्थापन गर्न सरकारले सघाउने उहाँ बताउनुहुन्छ ।
गम्भीर क्षति पुगेका वा जोखिमपूर्ण अवस्थामा रहेका घर भत्काउन घरधनीले गाविस, नगरपालिका वा महानगरपालिकाको वडा कार्यालयमा निवेदन दिएमा सरकारी टोलीले सो घर भत्काइदिने शहरी विकास तथा भवन निर्माण विभागले जानकारी दिएको छ । (विवरण वक्समा)
यसैबीच जोखिमपूर्ण अवस्थामा रहेका अग्ला घर भत्काउने प्रविधि तथा सामग्री स्थानीयस्तरमा उपलब्ध नभए पछि सरकारले मित्रराष्ट्र गुहारेको छ । सरकारले औपचारिक रुपमै भारत, चीन, जापान तथा अमेरिकालाई त्यस्ता सामग्री वा प्रविधि उपलब्ध गराउन आग्रह गरेको परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालयका प्रवक्ता ताराप्रसाद पोखरेलले जानकारी दिनुभयो । यसका साथै कंक्रिटले बनेका अग्ला घर तथा अपार्टमेण्ट भत्काउनका लागि भनेर भौतिक पूर्वाधार तथा यातायता मन्त्रालयले विशेष उपकरण खरीद गर्ने भएको छ । कंक्रिट कटर तथा रक ड्रिल जस्ता कतिपय उपकरण त नेपालले इतिहासमै पहिलो पटक किन्दै छ । नेपालमा क्रंक्रिटका धेरै अग्ला घर निर्माण हुन थालेको केही दशक मात्र भएकोले हालसम्म ति उपकरण आवश्यक परेको थिएन । ति उपकरण किन्नका लागि जेठको अन्तिम साता टेण्डर आह्वान गरिएको थियो । सडक विभागका नायब महानिर्देशक हरिराम आचार्यका अनुसार ति उपकरण असारको दोस्रो सातासम्म नेपाल आइसक्नेछन् ।
भुकम्पका कारण बाढी, पहिरो तथा अन्य प्राकृतिक प्रकोपको जोखिममा रहेका घर तथा वस्तीका बासिन्दाका लागि सरकारले पुनर्वासको व्यवस्था पनि गर्दैछ । दैवी प्रकोपका कारण कुनै व्यक्ति बसोबास गरिरहेको घर र जग्गा क्षतिग्रस्त भइ बस्न योग्य नभएमा त्यस्ता व्यक्तिलाई अन्य स्थानमा पुनर्वास गराउनका लागि दैवी प्रकोप (उद्दार) एने २०६९ अनुसार गत वर्ष नै आपूर्ति, आश्रय तथा पुनः स्थापना उपसमिति गठन गरिएको थियो । १२ गतेको भुकम्प तथा त्यसपछिका कम्पनहरुका कारण धाँजा फाटेर, पहिरो गएर वा ढुंगा खसेर बस्न योग्य नभएका गोरखा, दोलखा, सिन्धुपाल्चोक, नुवाकोट लगायत जिल्लाका सयौं वस्तिहरु सार्नु पर्ने अवस्थामा छन् । कतिपय स्थानमा पूरै बस्ति नभइ एकाध घरमात्रै पनि स्थानान्तरण गर्नुपर्ने हुनसक्छ । त्यसका लागि स्थानीय निकायमा निवेदन दिई आप्mनो आवास रहेको स्थानको अध्ययन गरी ढुक्क हुन वा घर सार्न सकिने गृह मन्त्रालय बताउँछ ।

भुकम्पले सबैभन्दा बढी घर क्षति गरेका १० जिल्ला: 
जिल्ला कुल घरधुरी पूर्ण क्षति आंशिक क्षति
सिन्धुपाल्चोक ६६,६८८ ६३,८८५ २,७५१
काठमाडौं ४,३६,३४४ ३६,९७३ ५०,७५३
नुवाकोट ५९,२१५ ५७,९४३ ४,२००
धादिङ ७३,८५१ ४३,७४१ १८,७२०
रसुवा ९,७७८ ७,०४० २,४१०
गोरखा ६६,५०६ ४४,३८२ १३,८८०
भक्तपुर ६८,६३६ १८,९०० ९,०९०
काभ्रे ८०,७२० ४९,९३३ २३,७१४
ललितपुर १,०९,७९७ १७,४४४ ८,०६४
दोलखा ४५,६८८ ४८,८८० ३,१२०
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क्षति भएको घर भत्काउन के गर्ने ? 
– तपाईंको घर क्षति भएको वा जोखिमपूर्ण अवस्थामा छ भने तपाईंले आपैm वा सरकारी निकायको सहयोगमा त्यस्तो घर भत्काउन सक्नुहुन्छ ।
– त्यसका लागि सबैभन्दा पहिले स्थानीय निकाय अर्थात वडा कार्यालयमा निवेदन दिनुपर्नेछ । घरधनी वा छिमेकीले जोखिमपूर्ण अवस्थाको घर भत्काउन निवेदन दिन सक्नेछन् ।
– खण्डहर बनिसकेका घरहरु स्थानीयस्तरकै निवेदनमा भत्काइनेछ । फोटो खिचेर वा स्थानीय निकायमा निवेदन दिएर घरधनी आफैले पनि त्यस्ता घर भत्काउन सक्नेछन् । त्यसरी आफै भत्काए पनि नियमानुसार पाउनु पर्ने क्षतिपूर्ति उनीहरुले पाउनेछन् । पूर्व लगत नराखी भत्काइएको घरको क्षतिपूर्ति पाइने छैन ।
– घरधनी स्वयंले आग्रह गरेमा स्थानीयरुपमा परिचालित सरकारी टोलीले सो घर तत्कालै भत्काउनेछन् ।
– जटिल स्थितिमा रहेका घरको हकमा वा स्थानीय समितिले निर्णय लिन नसकेमा सो निवेदनलाई वडा कार्यालयले नगरपालिकामा पठाउँछ ।
– मर्मत गरेर समेत वस्न नमिल्ने प्रकृतिका घरहरु मात्र सरकारले भत्काउने छ । अलिअलि चर्केका वा सामान्य मर्मत गरेर बस्न मिल्ने घर भत्काउनु परेमा त्यसको सम्पूर्ण व्यवस्था घरधनी आफैले गर्नु पर्नेछ ।

भुकम्प पीडितका लागि २ प्रतिशत व्याजको घरकर्जा :

– भुकम्प पीडितका लागि व्यवस्था गरिएको २ प्रतिशत व्याजको घरकर्जाको अधिकतम सीमा काठमाण्डौ उपत्यकामा प्रति घरपरिवार रु २५ लाख र उपत्यका बाहेकका प्रभावित जिल्लामा रु १५ लाख हुने ।
– बैङ्कहरुले उपयुक्त ठानेमा थप ऋण प्रवाह गर्न सक्ने तर त्यस्तो ऋणमा प्रचलित ब्याजदर लागू हुने ।
– वाणिज्य बैंक, विकास बैंक तथा फाइनान्स कम्पनी बाट २ प्रतिशत व्याजको सहुलियत कर्जा लिन सकिने ।
– लघुवित्त कम्पनीको सिफारिसमा बैंकबाट रु. २ लाखसम्म सहुलियत व्याजको कर्जा लिन सकिने ।
– यो सुविधा ऋणी तथा निजको परिवारमा बस्न योग्य आवासीय घर नभएको अवस्थामा मात्र उपलव्ध गराइने ।
– शुरुको एक वर्ष कुनै सावाँ ब्याज तिर्नु नपर्ने सो ऋणको न्युनतम अवधि ५ वर्ष र अधिकतम १० वर्षसम्मको हुने । तर, बैंक तथा वित्तीय संस्थाबाट घर कर्जा उपभोग गरिरहेका ऋणीहरुको सोही घर क्षतिग्रस्त भई पुनः कर्जा लिनु परेको अवस्थामा कर्जाको अवधि बढीमा पन्ध्र बर्ष सम्म हुने । कुनै ऋणीले अग्रिम भुक्तनी गर्न चाहे अग्रीम भुक्तानी शुल्क नलाग्ने ।
– यस्तो कर्जा कम्तिमा चार चरणमा भुक्तानि लिन पाइने ।
– सहुलियत दरको कर्जा लिनका लागि घर पुनर्निमाण गर्दा राष्ट्रिय भवन संहिता तथा भूकम्प प्रतिरोधात्मक मापदण्डको पालना गरेको हुनु पर्ने ।
– नेपाल सरकारको सम्वन्धित निकाय वा स्थानीय निकाय (नगरपालिका÷उपमहानगरपालिका÷महानगरपालिका÷वडा कार्यालय÷गा.वि.स.) को भूकम्प पीडित भई आवासीय घर क्षतिग्रस्त भएको र ऋणीको परिवारमा अन्य कुनै आवासीय घर नभएको प्रमाण अनिवार्य रुपमा बैंक वा वित्तीय संस्थामा पेश गर्नु पर्ने ।

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