earthquake-affected getting 2 lakh (first Installment)

Ministry of Local Development has directed Village Development Comitee secretaries to distribute first installment of Rs 2 lakh grant meant for each earthquake-affected household at the earliest.
It has directed them to seek funds from the central project implementation unit if the already-released budget is not enough for this.

The government had announced one year ago  to provide Rs 2 lakh as grant to every quake-affected household. Despite this announcement, most of the affected families are yet to get the grant. The ministry directed Village Development Comitee secretaries to coordinate with banks for the distribution of the first installment of the grant.
The directive comes at a time when the KP Sharma Oli government has come under fire for inability to provide relief to the quake victims, even 13 months after the quake rendered them homeless.