Bagmati Province allocates Rs 40m for flood-affected areas in Sindhupalchok

SINDHUPALCHOK: Bagmati Province Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning has earmarked a budget of Rs 40 million for the protection of flood-affected areas in Sindhupalchok district. The Ministry has approved 31 plans with a budget amounting to Rs 4 million in the first phase under the Soil and Watershed Conservation Programme. Though the ministry has appropriated the budget for 31 plans from Panchpokhari, Helambu to Dhandkhola, remaining Rs 70 million will be approved and implemented in the current fiscal year 2021/22, said province minister and province assembly member Yubaraj Dulal. The province government allocated the budget for the conservation of flood-hit areas on the initiative of province assembly member Dulal. Floods that occurred in  Melamchi and Indrawati rivers this year had ravaged human settlements in Sindhupalchok. READ ALSO:

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