Lawmaker Criticizes Government's Slum Dweller Resettlement Decision
Kathmandu. The decision to demolish the shelters of slum dwellers without proper preparation and management and provide Rs 15,000 for 3 months has been raised in the House of Representatives meeting as inhumane.
CPN (UML) lawmaker Guru Baral raised this issue in the ongoing meeting of the House of Representatives. Lawmaker Baral stated that the government's decision to provide Rs 25,000 for temporary settlement after displacing people from their current residences, when it should be arranging permanent settlement, is inhumane.
He mentioned that the decision to provide Rs 15,000 for 3 months – May, June, and July – for a family of 5 members amounts to Rs 100 per person per day. He also questioned whether Rs 100 is sufficient for one day.
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