Kathmandu, April 29
From coming Monday, National Reconstruction Authority will start signing grant agreements with earthquake victims in 11 out of the 14 most quake-affected districts, who lost their houses in last year’s quakes, for reconstruction of their houses. This does not cover three districts in the Kathmandu Valley — Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.
We are making preparations to sign grant agreements with quake victims of the districts, who have a list of people eligible for the grant already published, a source at the NRA said, adding: Within a week after signing the deal, quake victims will get the first installment of the grant assistance.
NRA says it has reached such an agreement with around 4,500 households so far.
Some days ago, NRA had published the list of three lakh people eligible for grants. The list included people from Gorkha, Sindhupalchok, Dolakha, Dhading, Kavre, Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Makwanpur, Ramechhap, Sindhuli and Okhaldhunga.
In the first installment, the government will provide each of the victims a grant of Rs 50,000. For this, the victim needs to have the house map designed as per the set criteria and get approval for the same. After foundation laying, the eligible victim will get Rs 70,000 each. They will get Rs 80,000 each in the last phase, for roofing the house. Each victim figuring in the list of people eligible for grant will have to open a bank account for receiving the grant.
