December 6, 2018 08:03 am
KHOTANG, Dec 6: After almost four years since the catastrophic 2015 earthquakes, a total of 545 beneficiaries in Khotang district have received the third tranche of the housing grant.
July 27, 2018 00:30 am
KHOTANG, JULY 27: Three years after 2015's devastating earthquake, more than 2,000 quake victims from Khotang have received the second installment of the housing grant provided by the government.
June 3, 2018 04:30 am
KHOTANG, June 3: After a long wait, the victims of the catastrophic 2015 earthquake in Daman of Khotang district are finally starting to receive second tranche of housing reconstruction grant.
April 27, 2018 03:00 am
CHITWAN, April 27: So far, only 30 quake victim families in Chitwan district have received the third tranche of the reconstruction grant, indicating the slow progress in post-quake reconstruction.
April 3, 2018 12:59 pm
KATHMANDU, April 3: The deadline of second tranche of grant distribution for earthquake victims has been extended till mid-July.
February 9, 2018 18:09 pm
KATHMANDU Feb 9: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has extended the deadline for the beneficiaries for taking the second instalment of the house construction grants until April 13, 2018.
February 9, 2018 02:52 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Three weeks after the expiry of the deadline for the earthquake victims to receive the reconstruction grant, the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is all set to extend the deadline for receiving the second tranche of the grant on Friday by three to six months.
January 24, 2018 06:55 am
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The chance of the earthquake victims receiving the second installment of the reconstruction grant hangs in the balance due to the busy schedule of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
January 17, 2018 04:30 am
RASUWA, Jan 17: About 45 percent of quake victims in Rasuwa, which is among the worst-hit districts by the 2015 earthquakes, are set to receive the second tranche of housing reconstruction grant after fulfilling the set criteria.
January 16, 2018 07:00 am
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The government's failure to take a timely decision has thrown the task of distribution of the second tranche of the housing grant to the earthquake victims into uncertainty. Over 80 percent of the earthquake victims eligible for the second tranche is being deprived of it due to the government's indecision now.
July 16, 2017 01:28 am
DHADING, July 15: Purna Bahadur Chepang, an earthquake victim in Lautak, has been waiting for nine months for the second tranche reconstruction aid to complete his half-rebuilt house. “They told us that if we don't start rebuilding after taking the Rs. 50,000 we would be punished,” said Purna Bahadur adding, “We built the foundation and even put up the walls but now I don't have money to continue and I'm tired of waiting.”
July 10, 2017 00:50 am
ROLPA, July 10: After a decade of declaring relief package, the government has finally started distributing the last tranche of relief to the victims of the decade-long Maoist insurgency.
April 28, 2017 00:10 am
BANEPA, April 28: Earthquake victims of Kavre were delighted when the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) handed over the agreement papers of the second installment of reconstruction grant by making door-to-door visit sometimes back. They have been counting days ever since then but the wait seems endless with no signs of the quake victims receiving the grant from the government body.
April 21, 2017 01:10 am
CHAUTARA, April 21: Kamala Giri, a local of Gothapani Village of Chautara Sangachowkgadhi Municipality in Sindhupalchowk district, has re-built her one-storey house spending around Rs 500,000.
March 20, 2017 00:40 am
KATHMANDU, March 20: Although the government started distributing the second tranche of the reconstruction grant some four months ago, less than one percent of the earthquake victims have taken the amount so far.
March 17, 2017 07:36 am
KATHMANDU, March 17: Although many quake victims who lost their houses during the April 2015 earthquake are yet to receive the first tranche of reconstruction grant, the government has already started distributing the third tranche of Rs 100,000 to certain victims.
March 12, 2017 12:11 pm
MELAMCHI, March 12: The earthquake survivors of Sindhupalchowk district are still unaware on second tranche of grant even after 22 months have elapsed since the tremor massively devastated lives and properties of people in the district.
February 10, 2017 00:50 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 10: About 53 percent of total eligible earthquake victims in the Kathmandu Valley have received the Rs 50,000 first installment of the house reconstruction grant.
February 10, 2017 00:40 am
SINDHUPALCHOWK, Feb 10: After almost two years of the devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.8, victims of Sindhupalchowk district are finally starting to receive their second tranche of the reconstruction grant.
January 22, 2017 16:42 pm
BHAKTAPUR, Jan 22: Earthquake survivors of six municipalities of Bhaktapur district would get first tranche of Rs 50,000 grant from Monday.
January 21, 2017 19:19 pm
OKHALDHUNGA, Jan 21: The government has distributed the first tranche of relief cash to the earthquake victims at Gamnangtar and Tar Kerabari VDCs 21 months after the mega earthquake in the district.
January 18, 2017 05:00 am
KATHMANDU, Jan 18: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has decided to start distributing the second tranche of the housing grant to the earthquake victims in the 14 most-affected earthquake hit districts from Wednesday. They will get Rs 150,000 as the second tranche.
December 19, 2016 07:40 am
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has utterly failed to expedite the task of grant distribution to the earthquake victims in the Kathmandu Valley whose houses were completely damaged by the last year devastating earthquake.
November 24, 2016 00:00 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 24: Since the government had announced Rs 100,000 in addition to the previously announced Rs 200,000 housing grant for earthquake victims but has not amended the directives accordingly, earthquake victims remain deprived of the second tranche of the grant.
October 20, 2016 01:20 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 20: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development has said that all the earthquake victims in Kathmandu Valley whose houses were damaged by earthquake will receive the first tranche of the total grant of Rs 300,000 before Tihar.
September 22, 2016 03:12 am
KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) has directed the concerned local bodies to distribute first tranche of housing grant to all the quake victims before Dashain festival that begins in the first week of October.
August 29, 2016 00:10 am
KATHMANDU, Aug 29: National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has distributed Rs 50,000, the first tranche of house reconstruction grant, to over 31 percent of the earthquake victims identified as eligible to receive the money.
August 18, 2016 22:15 pm
GORKHA, Aug 18: A total of 33,405 families in Gorkha district affected by last year's devastating earthquake have received their first installment of the quake grant.
August 15, 2016 13:40 pm
KATHMANDU, Aug 15: The government on Monday decided to provide the first tranche of Rs 50,000 as relief grant to the quake victims by September 18.
August 9, 2016 09:34 am
KATHMANDU, Aug 8: Following the formation of the new government, confusion has surfaced over the distribution of housing grant to be provided to earthquake victims whose houses were completely damaged by the last year earthquakes.
August 9, 2016 01:40 am
KATHMANDU, Aug 9: Following the formation of the new government, confusion has surfaced over the distribution of housing grant to be provided to earthquake victims whose houses were completely damaged by the last year earthquakes.
July 29, 2016 03:00 am
KATHMANDU, July 29: World Bank has said that housing grants in three tranches provides assurance to the owners by technical experts that their house meets safety standards.
July 4, 2016 03:40 am
Additional manpower for local bodies sought to expedite process
June 30, 2016 07:11 am
KATHMANDU, June 29: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) ended its obstruction in parliament from Wednesday after the government agreed to release the house rebuilding grant to the quake victims in two installments.