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India to Support Reconstruction of 50,000 houses

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India to Support Reconstruction of 50,000 houses
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March 9: The Government of India is supporting reconstruction of 50,000 houses in earthquake affected districts of Gorkha and Nuwakot, the Indian Embassy said in a press statement.

According to the embassy, the Government of India is partnering with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for providing Socio-Technical Facilitation to 26,912 home owners in Gorkha and 23,088 homeowners in Nuwakot districts, respectively.

Socio-technical teams from UNDP and UNOPS will assist home owners to reconstruct their homes as per the Government of Nepal’s earthquake resistant norms. They will also guide them through the inspection and certification process at different stages of construction so as to enable them to have access to various tranches of housing grant, reads the statement.

The partnership agreements were signed by Ajay Kumar, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of India, Kathmandu; Renaud Meyer, country director of UNDP Nepal and Sanjay Mathur, regional director of UNOPS Asia Region.

The signing ceremony was attended by CEO of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) and other senior government officers from NRA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development and Ministry of Urban Development, among others.

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