The earthquake victims have not received the housing amount for 4 months

"Some have taken loans because they don't have money," said Badri Pant, the ward president of Nalgad Municipality-4. Cracked are forced to return to their old homes.

Dhan Bahadur Vick of Bheri-1 said that around 30 families returned to dilapidated houses because they could not build temporary housing in time. "Because of the cold, the partially damaged households have not been able to stay in Tripal and Tahra, so they have to return to their damaged houses, even if the risk is reduced," he added, "those whose houses are completely destroyed still have no choice but to stay in Tahra." The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority According to the Temporary Housing Construction Procedure-2080, the beneficiary has to upload the details of the destroyed houses and temporary housing to the disaster portal through the local level for disbursement of the second installment. But Chief District Officer of Jajarkot Suresh Sunar said that there is a problem because the local levels do not enter the details. According to him, only 30,726 temporary housing units have been constructed out of 42,524 beneficiaries. Only the details of 9 thousand 149 beneficiaries have been 'entered' in the web portal.

Sunar says that in some local levels, the details are not being collected and in some, there is a problem due to the lack of manpower to 'enter' the details. He also said that earthquake victims who had not built temporary housing started living in cracked houses. Sunar said that the amount that about 12,000 beneficiaries should get for the first installment is also kept in the local level account. According to him, there was a problem in giving the first installment amount to the earthquake victims due to partiality, family disputes, negligence of the ward office, delay in data collection due to lack of manpower in the ward office. Chandra Prakash Gharti, head of VERI, said that there was a delay in sending the details of the beneficiaries due to technical and manpower problems. He said that the portal for keeping

details is having technical problems from time to time, internet is being blocked and due to lack of trained staff, it is difficult to include the details. Due to the delay of the local level, the amount of the second installment sent by the government for the construction of temporary housing has been deposited in the district administration office itself. "Even when the reconstruction work starts, the earthquake victims are in danger," said Vasudev Sharma, a local resident. It is in the data of the district administration office that the beneficiaries have lost their homes. Assistant Chief District Officer Pravesh Baduwal said that 29,764 temporary housing units have been constructed. He said that the remaining temporary housing construction work has also reached its final stage. Baduwal mentioned that due to the delay in the name 'entry' in the disaster portal, the earthquake victims are deprived of getting the second installment amount.

The 'need assessment task force after earthquake damage' formed by the government about 2 months ago has submitted a report with the conclusion that it will cost 73 billion 79 million rupees for the construction of permanent structures and 48 billion 29 million 49 million rupees for reconstruction in the districts including Jajarkot and Rukum West. According to Anil Pokharel, executive head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, most of the houses in Karnali are made of stone and mud, so the reconstruction work will take a few more months to complete. "We are making an action plan for that, we cannot say exactly how long it will take," he said. The family of 7 members of Padam Bahadur Vick of Nalgad Municipality-4 of Jajarkot lived in Tripal for almost 3 and a half months. Tripal's stay was difficult due to extreme cold, but everyone in the family fell ill. 66-year-old father and 63-year-old mother Khagisara are sick due to asthma and Padam is facing problems due to lack of mobile accommodation. "No one died prematurely due to severe cold, while staying in Tripal, mothers and children had to take care of themselves," he said. He said that since the amount of Rs. But he complained that the financial burden has also been increased as the second installment amount has not yet arrived.

It has been 2 months since the family of 9 members of Nar Bahadur Mahar of Bheri Municipality-1 Rawatgaon moved from Tripal by building a temporary shelter. He also built a tower by taking a loan of 15,000 rupees. "After the earthquake made us homeless, we also lost our jobs, so we took loans to make up for it," Nar Bahadur said. , he is unable to go to work now to load and unload the goods that come in trucks and tractors in the Kudu and other markets. A family of 9 is forced to live in self-isolation in Tahroma and it is difficult to sleep. He said that the grain provided by the donors and the municipality is still enough to eat.