BANKE: Over 1,000 households displaced by floods in Holiya, Betahani, Gangapur, Mahehiya and Phattepur areas four years ago are yet to benefit from relief aids. Their hope is waning thanks to government’s apathy.
The flood victims struggle committee’s chairman Jagdish Bahadur Singh informed that although the Ministry of Urban Development had released the amount under the special package to be provided to the flood victims, the Urban Development and Building Division delayed in the distribution of the amount.
The Ministry had decided to provide Rs 300 thousand to a household with land, and Rs 375 thousand to those not having land. Urban Development and Building Division had maintained the record that as many as 1652 families were rendered homeless due to flooding.
However, Division Engineer, Sunil Kumar Thakur said that although the relief amount was to be distributed in three phases, the amount for the second phase was not received from the Ministry. Since the victims did not ask for the second installment of the relief amount, nearly 280 million rupees was returned to the Ministry.
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