The reconstruction of police posts, schools, village development committee and district development committee buildings were carried out in the previous fiscal year by the Reconstruction Project under the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction.[break]
During the year, 238 school buildings, 602 VDC buildings, 347 DDC buildings, 306 ilaka office were reconstructed, according to spokesperson of the Ministry, Brihaspati Raj Pant.
According to Pant, during the period 15 suspension bridges and 107 police posts were renovated. The reconstruction work during the year cost almost 5.6 billion rupees.
Likewise, 81 police posts are currently under construction. The reconstruction of all the damaged infrastructures is expected to cost around 6 billion rupees. However, lack of fund has created obstacle in speeding up the reconstruction work, Pant said.
The National Planning Commission and the Finance Ministry have been giving priority to renovation of old structures than building new ones. However, there are some structures that have to be built anew, claims a senior official at the Project.
Only Rs. 800 million was released from the Peace Trust Fund established to help reconstruct the physical infrastructure destroyed during the conflict, adds the official.
The interim plan released by the Planning Commission too gives high priority to reconstruction of the destroyed structures.
However, an official at the Commission says under condition of anonymity that the budget has been allocated as per the target to renovate 3600 structures in the first phase.
Supporting the statement of the official, former Vice-chairman of the Commission, Dr Jagadish Chandra Pokharel said as false reports of structures being destroyed began coming from districts that were not affected by the conflict the present leadership may have given continuity to the policy of first completing the projects that fell under the first phase.
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