Family of those who died of virus abroad to get Rs. 50, 000

Kathmandu, Dec. 18

IME Group has supported the family of Nepali who died of COVID-19 disease in foreign land with Rs. 50,000.

The business group started the distribution of the money from the fund named 'IME Bharosa Kosh', by organising a programme in the capital on Friday.

Chairman of the Group and Senior Vice President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal and Managing Director of the Group Hemraj Dhakal jointly handed over the cheque of the amount to the applicants available in the Kathmandu Valley.

Concerned families can obtain the payment from IME Pay, an electronic payment platform, and IME is planning to distribute the support by mid-January next year.

It has announced to give the money to the families who lost their relatives to COVID pandemic in foreign land from January 1 to October 16, 2020.

he relatives had applied for the money at IME Group's head office in Panipokhari and provincial offices with valid documents.

Chairman Dhakal said that the group's motive was to provide a small relief to the families in grief. "We have established the fund with a pious motive of supporting the families in grief and trouble," he said.

Brand Ambassadors of the IME Dipak Raj Giri and Deepa Shree Niroula said that the fund was an important social step from a business group.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 19 December 2020.