The government has disbursed Rs 190.5 million to provide relief to people displaced from their homes due to the conflict in the country.
According to the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction, the disbursed amount has already been sent to 73 of the total 75 districts of Nepal. As nobody was displaced in the remaining two districts, Manang and Mustang, the government did not send any relief money there. Few districts have already started to distribute the relief money to the people displaced by the conflict.
Nepali Congress general secretary Ram Chandra Poudel (File Photo)
Speaking at the discussion programme organized by the parliamentary finance committee Thursday, Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandra Poudel said 24 thousand displaced have been identified and the money would be provided to them as permanent relief.
“The government is unable to compensate the losses in property and other things the displaced endured during their ordeal,” Poudel said and added, “We can only provide some relief to those who have suffered during the conflict so that they can fend for themselves
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