The National Reconstruction Authority is planning to complete the distribution of the first instalment of the house rebuilding aid by October to all the displaced families in the 14 districts worst affected by the earthquake.

The meeting of the directive committee of the NRA in June had come up with a work plan that includes distribution of the first instalment amounting to Rs50,000 within four months to all of the beneficiaries identified after reassessment of the households in affected districts.

“We have already mobilised the necessary human resource, technical teams and local authorities to facilitate fund distribution and rebuilding,” said Ram Prasad Thapaliya, the NRA spokesperson.

According to Thapaliya, coordination among all the stakeholders including the ministries and line departments working in reconstruction after the Gorkha Earthquake is a must to ensure timely distribution of the house rebuilding aid.

The reassessment of the damaged households in 11 districts and two villages in Lalitpur district identified 533,155 households as eligible for the housing grants. Reassessment of the damaged households in three Valley districts started on Monday. The teams mobilised for reassessment are expected to complete the work within 35 days of the starting date.

Out of the total 252,832 households in 11 districts

that have signed tripartite grant agreements with the NRA, 35,292 have received

the first instalment as of Tuesday. A total of 100,649 complaints have been lodged at the local offices of the NRA in 11 districts by the earthquake victims.