Some 6,000 quake-damaged houses reconstructed in Gorkha

GORKHA: As many as 6,000 private houses damaged by the 2015 devastating earthquake have been reconstructed so far in Gorkha district, the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has said.

Out of the total 13,764 beneficiaries entitled to receive government grant for housing, 6,171 have had their houses reconstructed, according to Binaya Dawadi, district contact person for the district project implementation unit, NRA.

Among the earthquake survivors in Gorkha who were supposed to get housing grant, some 552 have been categorized as risk groups, acting chief of the unit Jagadhish Mishra said.

He informed that of the total 663 beneficiaries under retrofitting category, 306 have already received the first tranche of the grant, one received second installment and housing grant agreement has been signed with 320.

In Chitwan, around 67 percent beneficiaries have been reimbursed of third tranche amount after completing the task of private house reconstruction according to NRA Chitwan District Project Implementation Unit.

Engineer Sujan Nepal shared 5,217 among 7,797 beneficiaries identified in the district have received the third installment amount.