न्यूज अभियान
हरेक खबर विशेष खबर

Kathmandu, Oct 29: The Parliamentary Special Committee on Study and Monitoring of the Disaster in the Bhotekoshi and Kaligandaki corridors has stressed the need of making public the detailed information about the funds received by the Prime Minister's Disaster Relief Fund and the amount spent in affected wards and municipalities.
Today's meeting of the committee was briefed on the total amount deposited in the fund, the sources of the funds received, the allocations and expenditures for the affected areas, and the details at the ward and municipal levels.
Committee president Krishna Prasad Paudel also asked for details of the relief and compensation provided to local levels and wards in disaster-affected districts from the fund.
In the meeting, Narayan Prasad Sharma Duwadi, the Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, informed that Rs 18 billion 285 million 32 thousand 593 has been deposited in the Prime Minister's Disaster Rescue Fund and the Prime Minister's Relief Fund.
He said that the source-wise details of the money deposited in the fund through different banks will be extracted from the Excel report and provided.
In the meeting, Finance Secretary Dr Ghanshyam Upadhyay informed that Rs 242 million has been provided so far to the local levels of the districts affected by the Bhotekoshi flood through NDRRMA.
He mentioned that Rs 160 million, then Rs 60 million, and repeatedly Rs 22 million was distributed in the related districts and local levels for the Rasuwa and Bhotekoshi floods.
Similarly, Rs 970 million has been allocated for the Nepal Police, Rs 660 million for the Armed Police Force, and Rs 910 million for the Nepal Army, totaling Rs 2.54 billion in source approval. He informed that Rs 260 million 535 thousand has been released for the Nepal Police, Armed Police, Nepal Army, and prisons.
According to the preliminary disaster damage assessment by the National Planning Commission, the disaster caused damage and losses totaling Rs 408 billion 290 million.
Secretary Upadhyay informed the committee that the preliminary estimate for reconstruction amounts to Rs 723 billion 310 million and the detailed PDNA is in its final stage of preparation.
He informed that it was decided to provide one million rupees per person to the dependent families of the civil servants who died during disaster rescue and that the government would cover the treatment expenses of the injured civil servants.
It was also informed that a decision had been made to provide relief for up to six months for temporary housing to families displaced by the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli floods.
According to Finance Secretary Dr Upadhyay, it has been decided to provide relief to flood-affected businesses in taxes, insurance, loans, and interest. He said that projects worth Rs 225 billion 770 million 800 thousand have been approved by the Disaster Council for reconstruction.
He mentioned that the concerned ministries are in the process of submitting proposals to the Ministry of Finance for approval by setting priorities and moving forward with the procurement process, and the process will proceed as soon as correspondence is received from the ministry.
Secretary Upadhyay informed that for reconstruction, regular government budgets and resource management through the relevant ministries will be carried out, while the funds from the Prime Minister's Natural Disaster Relief Fund will be used for immediate relief and rescue.