Sindhupalchok, February 6
Sindhupalchok District Coordination Committee says the fund available for 2015 earthquake survivors has run out. The Committee, however, maintains that it has written the federal government to release the additional money.
Active Chief of the District Treasury Controller Office, Shambhu Prasad Pokharel, says it has already been 10 days since the Office has been unable to provide grant to the quake survivors for reconstruction works.
The Ministry of Finance had provided Rs 3.84 billion in the first three months of current fiscal year.
Total 79,972 quake survivors have received the first tranche of reconstruction grant worth Rs 50,000. The numbers of people to have received the second and third instalments, however, are 32,356 and 6,123 respectively.
Local Development Officer Jagannath Pantha says the Committee has just sent a letter yesterday demanding Rs 2 billion.
Provincial lawmaker Saresh Nepal says concerned government offices should be responsible to serious issues like this.
