By Our Reporter
National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has decided to add 4,644 households, which suffered damages in2015 earthquake but were unable to receive any grant to reconstruct their new houses, as new beneficiaries eligible for earthquake grant provided by the government.
The new beneficiaries were chosen from the 42,742 applicants.
A meeting of the NRA executive committee held on Monday added the new beneficiaries after analysing complaints obtained and conducting a re-examination survey.
The meeting listed 410 individuals as potential beneficiaries and 2,609 individuals as strengthening beneficiaries. The committee has also declared 35,079 individual applicants as non-beneficiaries.
According to the NRA, the new beneficiaries now could take the first installment of Rs. 50,000 from respective wards by signing grant agreement.
Similarly, the executive committee has also approved preliminary plans for two integrated settlements, each one in Makawanpur and Rasuwa districts.
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