DRRM Executive Committee to provide Rs 50,000 to each quake-hit family

KATHMANDU: A meeting of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Executive Committee has decided to provide Rs 50,000 each to the families affected by the Jajarkot earthquake for the construction of temporary houses.

The 19th meeting of the committee held today at Singha Durbar under the chairpersonship of the committee chair and Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha decided to provide the amount in two installments (Rs 25,000 in each installment), it has been said.