Tanahun Rural Municipality Prioritizes Relief Distribution Under Livestock Insurance Program

Tanahun. The Ambukhaireni Rural Municipality has prioritized the distribution of relief to farmers under the livestock insurance program. The rural municipality distributed NPR 313,500 to 13 farmers for livestock loss in the current fiscal year. Similarly, the rural municipality distributed NPR 712,500 in relief in the previous fiscal year.

Livestock veterinarian Dr. Santosh Devkota informed that the relief amount distributed this year was provided based on the loss incurred in buffaloes, cows, oxen, and goats.

Relief was distributed as follows: NPR 81,000 to Shanta Mishra of Ward No. 3 for buffalo loss, NPR 14,250 to Ganesh Bahadur Magar of Ward No. 5 for goat loss, NPR 28,500 to Chhinkeshwari Labdi Goat Farm of Ward No. 5 for goat loss, NPR 28,500 to Min Bahadur Gurung of Ward No. 4 for goat loss, NPR 14,250 to Sudip Gurung of Ward No. 5 for goat loss, and NPR 14,250 to Man Bahadur Gurung of Ward No. 5 for goat loss, he stated.

Relief was also distributed to Bir Bahadur Kami of Ward No. 5 with NPR 18,000 for ox loss, Jhimel Bhujel of Ward No. 6 with NPR 36,000 for cow loss, Man Bahadur Bhujel of Ward No. 6 with NPR 14,250 for goat loss, Jun Bahadur Gurung with NPR 14,250 for goat loss, Dhan Bahadur Gurung with NPR 18,000 for ox loss, Nim Bahadur Bhujel with NPR 18,000 for ox loss, and Jun Bahadur Gurung with NPR 14,250 for goat loss.

Under the livestock insurance program, the Government of Nepal bears 80 percent of the premium fee, while the rural municipality manages the remaining 20 percent to be paid by the farmers, making the program operate 100 percent free of cost.

The rural municipality has requested farmers who rely on livestock farming as a main source of income to obtain livestock insurance in a timely manner and benefit from the program to receive relief from accidental losses.

In the previous fiscal year, the rural municipality distributed NPR 712,500 in relief. According to Devkota, NPR 296,700 was distributed to 18 farmers in Ward No. 4, NPR 150,300 to seven farmers in Ward No. 5, and NPR 265,500 to 17 farmers in Ward No. 6.