Even earthquake victims without land ownership papers to get housing grant

The KP Oli government is providing house construction grants to even those quake-affected people, who do not have land ownership certificates. Through what it calls ‘alternative means,’ the National Reconstruction Authority has decided to provide grants to victims without such papers. As per existing provisions, NRA is providing housing grants to those victims, who have land registered in their names. The government has already started distributing two lakh rupees to each quake-affected family.

Almost 10,000 people in Nepal have benefitted from a project to increase the safety of buildings in the event of an earthquake. Eight schools were retro-fitted with innovative fibre-glass reinforcements, which are cheaper than conventional iron supports for bracing walls, requiring less time and effort to install, and the technology was included in a further three new-builds. Additionally, 1,300 private houses have been built following new building codes supported by Practical Action, which successfully withstood the earthquakes that struck Nepal in April 2015.