Itahari sub-metropolis urges for 50% discount on house rent

Kathmandu - Itahari sub-metropolitan city has urged all house owners to provide fifty percent discount to the tenants on monthly rent during the lockdown of COVID-19. Organizing an urgent meeting of all elected ward chairs and deputy mayors and mayor at sub metropolis office on Saturday morning, the people's representatives have also decided to give their one month's allowance to the sub metropolis to the recently created emergency fund to help poor.

According to Lilaraj Bhattarai, the press coordinator of mayor Dwariklal Chaudhary, the meeting has requested to allocate one week's salary of all employees of the local government. Likewise, Itahari has signed up a collaboration pact with Gorakha Department Stores of Itahari to make home delivery of all available daily essentials, informed Laxmi Gautam. She added, "We deliver daily essentials to five wards in a day based on our routine scheduled since Friday. All households from 20 wards will be provided daily essential goods as per their demand."