Nepal distributes flood relief to over 4,000 households
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The Nepalese government provided financial relief to 4,108 households affected by flooding in the Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading districts of Nepal.
Working with the World Food Programme (WFP), the government distributed 45,000 Nepalese rupees to each family through a single-window system. Local governments helped identify families in need to prevent duplicate payments. So far, affected families in 11 local areas across the three districts have received the aid.
The government plans to distribute relief to approximately 1,400 additional households within three days, after verifying their information. On October 23, a joint meeting of monsoon disaster command posts from the three districts decided to systematically identify those impacted by the disaster and speed up recovery efforts.
The government also instructed organizations like the Red Cross to distribute aid, following the “Disaster Sensitive Social Security and Relief Distribution Standards, 2081.” Officials requested that aid reach those truly affected by the floods and that no family receive assistance more than once, while also accelerating long-term rebuilding.
