While the National
Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is entangled in self-created web of policies and
procedures, quake-hit families in the hills are desperately waiting for the
second installation of the house reconstruction grant.
It’s pathetic that
hundreds of families in Sindhupalchowk and elsewhere are unable to get the
housing grant just because the government couldn’t send enough grant
application forms.
The reconstruction body was initially forced by the donor
agencies to implement complex processes for the damage survey, grant agreement
and disbursement of the money which delayed the entire reconstruction process.
As a result, even after two years of the Gorkha Earthquake, the government is yet
to finish the damage survey in moderately hit 17 districts.
On the other hand,
the quake-resilient house construction manual is difficult to comply as it
encompasses building standards practices in and around Europe .
Therefore, the NRA needs to simplify the process in order to facilitate the families
to get the grant, concessional loan at the earliest and build their houses with
earthquake resistant measures. (MD)
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