The Central Natural Disaster Relief Committee (CNDRC) has directed the district-level committees on disaster management to take urgent measures to construct community-based temporary shelters for quake survivors who are living under flimsy tents since the Gorkha Earthquake on April 25, 2015.

The direction comes a couple of days after the National Reconstruction Authority decided to build community-based temporary shelters each with a capacity to house up to 32 families before the start of monsoon this year.

More than a year after the disaster, around three million people are still living under dire condition in lack of adequate funds to rebuild permanent shelter. The government had allocated Rs200,000 to each household to build a quake-resistant house, but the distribution started almost a year after the disaster. The District Disaster Relief Committees in all quake-affected districts are asked to coordinate for managing the public land and mobilisation of security as required for the construction of the community-based temporary shelter, said Rameshwor Dangal, chief at the Disaster Management Division at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).

The CNDRC meeting on Wednesday also decided to request the NRA to prioritise and ensure easy access to the government aid for the earthquake-affected families living in tents.

The central committee also decided to relocate eight families affected by Jure landslide in Sindupalchok in August 2014 to safer location. A special fund, established for Jure landslide victims by the government, has so far collected Rs22.4 million, that will be used for relief and rehabilitation of the families affected by the landslide.

A total of 9,268 people died and 41 went missing, according to a compiled report on loss of lives and properties from various disasters in the past year (from Baisakh to Chaitra).

At 8,959, the earthquakes claimed the highest number of deaths, followed by landslide, thunderbolt and fire at 131, 80 and 74 respectively.