Jan 16, 2017

The Government of United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland through Department for International development (DFID) has agreed to provide a grant assistance of Pound 71.5 million (approximately NRs 10.10 billion) to the Government of Nepal.

The Government of United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland through Department for International development (DFID) has agreed to provide a grant assistance of Pound 71.5 million (approximately NRs 10.10 billion) to the Government of Nepal for the implementation of UK (DFID) Support to Post Earthquake Reconstruction in Nepal. This assistance is additional to £70m of humanitarian and early recovery funds pledged by the UK Government at the International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction. A Memorandum of Understanding, (MoU) between these two Governments was signed and exchanged at the Ministry of Finance today.

The aim of this program is to benefit all those in the earthquake districts and particularly 1,000,000 people living in the four program implemented districts Dhading, Gorkha, Nuwakot and Rasuwa. The program will includes build over 400km of rural roads and trails enabling 300,000 people to better access markets and to improve tourism infrastructure in earthquake affected area; reach over 250,000 people with improved water and sanitation ; reach over 90,000 of the most vulnerable, including women and girls, with cash transfers to ensure that the poorest and most affected are not left behind in the reconstruction endeavor; provide cash grants through Government of Nepal systems to support 3,000 houses to be reconstructed and improve planning processes, more resilient public infrastructure and a strengthened approach to social protection in Nepal.