Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today said the post-quake reconstruction was being undertaken with transparency, and refuted allegations of discrimination made on basis of political beliefs.
Addressing the Legislature-Parliament session here, PM Oli maintained that the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) was not working on basis of political belief and that every work undertaken was transparent in nature. “The Authority’s decision has not meant profit for some parties and losses for some other parties, and it will not be in the coming days as well.”
“The present priority is to construct settlements for the people living under open sky and secure them,” PM Oli shared.
The PM spoke of modifying the working procedure to ramp up the reconstruction work, and insisted that everyone’s concern should be on building a small house and providing relief to the victims.
The PM was of the opinion that the reconstruction work was now advancing with speed although the fuel shortage coming on heels of recent blockade had created hurdles in collecting construction materials.
The government has no problem in modifying the directive in consultation with the donor agencies so as to smoothen and facilitate the grant assistance, he added.
He said that a lump sum of Rs 150,000 could be provided in the first installment and Rs 50,000 in second installment to earthquake survivors for the construction of the houses.
The PM further said that the working procedure would be amended to stop misuse of the amount provided for the construction of houses, to take action against those providing fake details and to make banking process easier and smoother.
Stating that there was no any doubt regarding providing grant assistance to people in an easy and smoother manner, he said, “Unity and understanding among all is necessary in such situation.”
Prime Minister Oli said that the government was committed to fulfill genuine demands of opposition party, saying it was necessary to move ahead by ending transition of the country soon.
PM Oli through the Parliament once again urged the agitating Madhes-based parties to come for talks.
Nepali Congress lawmakers, however, demanded clarification saying there was no clarity in Prime Minister’s speech regarding the amount to be provided to quake survivors at a time when the PM was addressing the House. RSS
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