The houses would be provided to 100 Chepang families free of cost with the objective of supporting the poor and homeless Chepang families earn a living.[break]
According to the Urban and Building Construction Division Office, Chitwan, it will construct 100 houses and allocate them to as many families in the hilly area of Chitawan district.
It stated that a consumers committee has been formed for this purpose and works on constructing the houses would be started by mid-April this year.
The Office stated that a total of four thousand such families have been identified and 550 houses have already been constructed before this. The government initiated the programme of providing houses to the underprivileged Chepangs three years back.
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