• Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Squatter family to get Rs. 15,000 monthly as housing cost

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Sasmit Pokhrel, government spokesperson and Minister for Education and Sports.

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, May 19: The government has decided to provide Rs. 15,000 a month as shelter cost for every family of the squatter households removed from risky river banks in the Kathmandu Valley.

The meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Tuesday made the decision to provide housing cost to the removed squatter family a sum of Rs. 15,000 if the number of members is 5 and Rs. 2,000 additional if the number is more.

The housing cost will be provided for three months, said Sasmit Pokhrel, government spokesperson and Minister for Education and Sports.

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