Model settlement constructed for disadvantaged communities in Kohalpur

Nepalgunj, March 14: Construction of a model settlement for the disadvantaged communities has begun in Kohalpur, Banke.   

 
The settlement has been constructed for Chidimar and Khatik families living in municipality-14, Havaldarpur at a cost of Rs 4 million.   

 
At the initiative of the municipality, the Neighborhood Service Society (NSS) will build houses for the most disadvantaged Chidimar and Khatik communities.    

Kohalpur Municipality Mayor Purna Prasad Acharya said eight houses have been constructed in the first phase under the model settlement construction programme.    

He said the construction of the model settlement has been put in place realizing it a duty of the local government to raise living standard of the poor families. 

   
The NSS is also planning to build houses for the poor communities in other places under the model settlement construction programme.   

 
According to Kohalpur-14 ward chair Nam Bahadur Ale, around 30 families of Chidimar and Khatik communities live in Havaldarpur. He informed that Rs 4 million has been spent for eight houses and pledged to channelize support from the local government for toilets, water and roads. (RSS)