Karnali, Aug 20 : Chief Minister of
Karnali Province, Yam Lal Kandel, has said province government was all set to
insure all houses at risk across the province.
CM Kandel was saying it while
addressing a programme on 'Review of Disaster Response and Resilient
Infrastructures' coordinated by the Karnali Integrated Rural Development and
Research Centre (KIRDARC) Nepal and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Authority at Surkhet on Monday. He shared that the province
government had allocated the budget of Rs 45 million for the household
insurance in the fiscal year, 2081/82.
"In the present national
debate, all three tiers of govenrment and stakeholders are together," he
said, wishing the event issued the declaration on disaster risk reduction and
response that could be addressed by the Karnali Province government.
According to him, the province
government had provided Rs 200 thousand each to the household that lost family
member in the Jajarkot earthquake last year.
Total Rs 17 million has been
allocated targeting disaster risk for the current fiscal year.
On the occasion, Country
Representative of Food and Agriculture Organization, Ken Shimizu, informed that
his organization was extending utmost support to Nepal to cope with disaster.
He underlined the need for collective efforts to cope with disaster.
Also addressing the event were
Executive Chief of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority,
Anil Pokhrel, and Joint Secretary at Ministry of Federal Affairs and General
Administration, Kali Prasad Parajuli. (RSS)