Ministry Allocates Monthly Pension to Families of 42 Martyrs from Past Protests

The Ministry of Urban Development has released a monthly pension of NPR 21,800 for the families of 42 martyrs. This amount is being provided to the families of individuals who died during the protests on Bhadra 23 and 24.

A total of 76 people died during the protests. It was decided to declare as martyrs those individuals, excluding those who escaped from jail during that period. Among those declared martyrs were three police officers.

Currently, a monthly pension amount has been released through the Ministry of Urban Development for 42 individuals, excluding the police personnel.

According to Narayan Regmi, spokesperson for the Ministry, the necessary funds for 10 years have been released from the Reconstruction Fund.

“It costs NPR 21,800 per month for them, paid for 13 months a year, totaling NPR 119,028,000 for 10 years. This amount has been released from the Reconstruction Fund,” Regmi stated.

Discussions were held with the Ministry of Finance for the release of these funds. However, the Ministry has now released the funds from the Reconstruction Fund without the approval of the Ministry of Finance.

Tankaprasad Pandey, spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance, stated that the Ministry of Finance has not approved any file related to relief.