The district administration here is going to pay 9.35 million rupees to 49 households that have been beneficiaries after their houses were damaged in the disaster.

It has been decided to pay money through the district administration for the construction of houses to the victims who have been beneficiaries after their houses were damaged in disasters including floods and landslides in the past.

A meeting held on Sunday under the chairmanship of District Disaster Management Committee Chairman and Chief District Officer Gokarna Raj Suyal decided to deposit the money in the accounts of 49 victims of Sannitriveni, Shubhakalika, Mahabai and Tilagufa who have been beneficiaries after their houses were damaged in the disaster.

'Most of the victims will be given the last installment,' said Pradya Suyal, 'one/two people will also have to be given the first and second installments.' According to him, the criteria for the District Disaster Management Fund is that the concerned local level will bear 20 percent, the provincial government 30 percent and the federal government through the Ministry of Home Affairs 50 percent.

This time, 27 people from Sannitriveni who have completed the construction of their houses will receive the final installment of Rs 200,000 per person, while 14 from Shubhakalikali and 4 from Tilagufa will receive the final installment.

Similarly, the administration has decided to give Rs 250,000 to Gorikala Sarki of Sanni Triveni for the first installment of a new house, and Rs 50,000 to Kanna Upadhyay and Jayakaura Shahi of Mahabai Rural Municipality, whose houses were completely damaged.

Stating that this year alone, 80 people in Kalikot have been given disaster relief funds, Assistant Chief District Officer Janak Sharma said that it is estimated that about 50 people are yet to receive their files from the local level.

The government has a standard of providing Rs 500,000 to victims whose houses have been completely damaged by the disaster and Rs 50,000 to those who have suffered partial damage. According to the standard, beneficiaries will be established only after all the documents are completed on the recommendation of the local level.

Initially, the rural municipality was to bear 10 percent, the municipality 15 percent, the provincial government 35 percent, and the federal government 55 percent. However, after local representatives began recommending that even those with partial damage be given full damage, the government changed the standard and made arrangements for the local level to bear 20 percent.

After that, the data of only the actual victims started coming in, said Him Bahadur Khatri, a member of the District Disaster Management Committee and District Police Chief. He claimed that the tendency to overstate the damage by putting pressure and influence on the local police has also improved.

Gobi Pandey of Khadachakra-3 complained that despite his house being damaged in a fire due to the prejudice and negligence of the local level, he did not receive any assistance from the state. According to him, the house made of sylhet in Nigal Chadna was burnt down three years ago. After the house was burnt down, he left it half-built and is now about to complete it.

'My house caught fire and everything was destroyed,' he said. 'Since I haven't received any help from anywhere, I am going to India to build a house with the money I earn as a wage laborer.'