By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Sept.11: The government
has announced to give relief of Rs 500,000 to each family of the deceased in a grenade explosion at Dandagau of Phalelung Rural Municipality-5,
Panchthar.
The Minister of Health and Population (MoHP) Pradip
Paudel said that a cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to provide relief
to the families of victims.
The explosion, which occurred on August 29, claimed
the lives of 11-year-old Dipson Sawa and two-and-a-half-year-old Prinsa Sawa.
The explosion occurred when a handmade socket bomb from the conflict period
detonated.
The government has committed to cover the treatment
costs for 10-year-old Pawan Rai and seven-year-old Dipson Rai, both injured
by an abandoned war-era bomb.
Currently, Pawan and Dipson are receiving care at
the Burn Hospital in Kirtipur.