Birendranagar distributes relief support worth 20 million

Birendranagar municipality has distributed relief support worth nearly 20 million rupees during the month-long lockdown imposed to stem the spread of Corona Virus. As of Friday, relief support was provided to 1,697 families, as shared by the municipality's officiating mayor Mohan Maya Dhakal. The relief support was targeted on daily wage labourers and very poor families.

During the period, Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) was carried out on 160 persons suspected of carrying the Corona Virus. The municipality has also been running awareness programmes against COVID-19 in Subbakuna, Cheda, Falante, Bangesim and other vulnerable areas.