Kathmandu, May 19: The government has decided to provide relief and rehabilitation assistance to support the families affected in course of removing vulnerable settlements along riverbanks in Kathmandu Valley.
A cabinet meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar on Tuesday decided to provide monthly relief as rehabilitation expenses and temporary settlement to the displaced families, shared Spokesperson of the government, Minister for Education and Sports, Sasmit Pokharel.
As per the decision, each family would get Rs 25,000 in lump sum for their rehabilitation. Similarly, the family with five members would receive Rs 15,000 per month and the family having more than five members would get additional Rs 2,000 per member for three months for accommodation arrangement.
The meeting took the decision to keep elderly, people with disabilities and helpless people in designated holding centres as well as to ensure teaching learning and health service of children in coordination with local levels.
Likewise, the government decided to accept 6.116 million Swiss francs grants provided by Swiss government for municipal revenue enhancement project.
It also approved 79.36 million RMB grants provided by Chinese government for maintenance and upgrading of Araniko highway.
The cabinet also approved Accreditation Regulations, 2083 and Military Service (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2083.
Similarly, the meeting decided to give permission to present Bill designed to amend Nepal Rastra Bank Act, 2058 in the Federal Parliament.
A decision was also taken to align the posts of Gazetted Special Class Secretaries and their installation as per the Government of Nepal (Work Division) Regulations, 2083 BS.
