- Friday, 22 November 2024
China to provide additional Rs. 260 million as earthquake relief assistance
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a meeting in Hangzhou, China, on September 23, 2023. File photo.
By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Nov. 7: China has decided
to provide an additional Rs. 260 million as emergency humanitarian assistance to
Nepal.
The assistance is provided to help Nepal carry out earthquake relief work.
"Chinese government decided to provide an additional 15
million RMB (260 million Rupees) of emergency humanitarian assistance to Nepal
to help Nepal carry out earthquake relief work," Chinese Ambassador to
Nepal, Cheng Song, shared on the social networking site, X.
Earlier, China provided relief materials worth Rs. 10million for the quake survivors in the Jajarkot and the Rukum Paschim districts of
Nepal.
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.4 on Richter Scale rattled
the Karnali province in Nepal on November 3 killing 153 people and injuring
over 300.
