Kathmandu, November 28:

Chief Executive Officer of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Sushil Gyewali has expressed his commitment to complete reconstruction of private houses within the current fiscal year.

CEO Gyewali informed a meeting of the Development Committee of the Federal Parliament that the reconstruction of 77 percent of the houses whose grant agreements had been signed had begun, and that the construction of 43 percent of that had already been completed.

Kathmandu, November 27:

The earthquake-survivors mobile fund operated by Aarughat Rural Municipality in Gorkha district has been effective. A fund with Rs. 1 million has been set up targeting those who have not been able to rebuild their houses even after taking the first tranche due to financial problems.

Ramechhap, December 4:

The building of Shree Gaurishankar Secondary School in Ramechhap has been handed over to the School Management Committee and Ramechhap Municipality after its reconstruction was completed.

The director of the National Reconstruction Authority’s Central Level Project Implementation Unit (Education), Im Narayan Shrestha, handed over the keys of the school, reconstructed with support from USAID and ADB, to School Management Committee Chairperson Pabitra Shrestha and Mayor of Ramechhap Municipality Nar Bahadur Thapa Magar amidst a function held today.

Kathmandu, December 5:

The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has decided to sign agreements with all the local governments in earthquake-affected districts to handover responsibilities related to the post-earthquake reconstruction.