NRA to hand over reconstruction work to local levels

FILE:

Earthquake survivors in Thumi village in Gorkha district construct

their house as they lost their residence in the 2015 earthquake, on

Sunday, July 17, 2016. After the government did not provide the

committed grant assistance to them on time, locals have begun

reconstruction on their own. Photo: RSS

KATHMANDU: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has decided to hand over the reconstruction of private houses to the local levels.

Today’s meeting of the NRA Directorate Committee at Singhadurbar

under the chair of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli decided to this effect.

NRA’s district level office would carry out reconstruction, monitoring

and verification, as per the directives.

Handing over the reconstruction work to the local levels follows the

election of local level representatives, said NRA’s Chief Executive

Officer Sushil Gyawali.

The meeting also decided to provide a grant to the landless squatters

to build a new house. The district coordination committee recommends

the landless squatters for the grant based on the verification from the

local levels.

The NRA also decided to release the third tranche of a housing grant for all the quake survivors within the current fiscal year.

Likewise, the whole reconstruction would be reviewed, and the future

programme is set accordingly to accelerate the reconstruction, said

Gyawali.

He further said that the Finance Ministry has forwarded the proposal

of a concessional loan of Rs 300,000 to each family affected by the

quake, and it would come into action soon after a Cabinet endorsement. (RSS)