The rural municipality has started free health insurance by allocating a budget of 15 million.
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Dordi Rural Municipality of Lamjung has started providing free health insurance to every citizen. Village council ward no. Health insurance is going to be provided to the citizens of 4 thousand 225 households up to 9.
The rural municipality on Sunday ward no. Bharate of 1, ward no. Archalbot of 2, ward no. 3 and ward no. Free health insurance program has been launched by organizing a program in Nauther Shera on 4th.
Village Chairman Yuvraj Adhikari Ward no. He said that the free health insurance program has been started from 1 to 4 and will be started in the remaining wards in a few days. According to him, free health insurance will be provided to all the citizens of the rural municipality within the month of July and it will be implemented from the 1st of October. 3500 per family with up to five members for insurance and 700 rupees per person if there are more members.
In the policy and program of the fiscal year 2082/083 presented on June 7th and passed on June 10th, it is mentioned that free health insurance will be provided to all households who have a permanent address in Dordi Rural Municipality and are burning stoves in Dordi . For this, the rural municipality has allocated a budget of 15 million rupees.
The rural municipality is going to provide health insurance to the citizens of the rural municipality by setting the slogan 'Investment in hydroelectricity-investment in health insurance'. The presiding officer said that free health insurance will be provided from the royalties received from the hydropower project in Dordi. "Questions arose as to what we got with hydroelectric power. We invest the income from hydropower in the health of the people," he said.
Dordi has 54 MW Super Dordi 'B' Hydropower Project, 25 MW Upper Dordi 'A', 12 MW Dordi-1, 27 MW Dordikhola Hydropower Project (Dam) etc. . According to
chief administrative officer Hemraj Kafle, insurance will be provided through insurance facilitators in the wards under the Health Insurance Board. He said that in the coordination of the ward office, free health insurance will be provided for the family through the housekeeper and the insurance amount will be sent to the Lamjung office of the Health Insurance Board. He said that even if there are more than 5 members in the family during the free health insurance, the insurance will be provided by providing additional funds.
Mayanath Adhikari, former Member of Parliament of Gandaki Province, said that the citizens should also take equal interest in the concern taken by the rural municipality towards the health of its citizens. According to him, the rural municipality commented that the free health insurance program aimed at the helpless, poor and disadvantaged citizens of the village is new and people-oriented.
Coordinator of Health Insurance Board Lamjung Ramesh Khania said that health insurance will be provided to all citizens of Dordi Rural Municipality within the month of July. For this, the facilitator will go to Toltol in coordination with the ward office. He said that health insurance will be provided within the month of July and the insured will get services through the hospital designated by the government from October 1st. He said that insurance will be provided through the rural municipality after the expiry of the insurance period.
