Off the wire
• S.Korea's Park says not to tolerate DPRK's long-range missile launch  • Indonesia to impose chemical castration on repeat child sex abusers  • China weighing up TPP, says commerce ministry  • European Parliament backs China's joining TiSA negotiations  • Feature: Kabul's congested roads unite drivers of both plush and old cars in shared vexation  • Indian stocks open higher  • India to soon allow women to serve on warships  • Cambodia catches mosquitoes, larvae for Zika virus tests  • India says to stand by Pakistan if it acts on terror  • Australian of the Year faces further criticism after alleged abuse coverups  
You are here: 　 Home

Reconstruction Authority proposes another Donors' Conference in Nepal

Xinhua, February 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), the authoritative body to carry out quake-ravaged Nepal's rebuilding, has proposed to hold a second International Donors' Conference.

During a meeting with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and cabinet ministers on Wednesday, NRA made such proposal to raise additional funds for reconstruction of the country that witnessed a massive earthquake on April 25 last year.

Stating that the financial assistance of 4.1 billion U.S. dollars pledged by the donor community on International Conference on Nepal's Reconstruction held on June 25 last year is insufficient, NRA's newly appointed Chief Executive Officer Sushil Gywalai floated such proposal, according to local media reports.

According to the Post Disaster Needs Assessment report, conducted after the quake that killed nearly 9,000 people and made more than a half million homeless, Nepal needs around 7 billion dollars to restore the damaged infrastructures.

The proposal of NRA comes at a time when the Nepali government has been failing to provide necessary relief to the quake victims of 14 worst-hit districts.

Though reconstruction campaign was formally inaugurated by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Jan. 16, the National Reconstruction Authority has not come up with a planning of reconstruction and rehabilitation yet. Enditem