37 households distributed monetary assistance

Janaki (Banke), Feb 18: A total of 37 households facing human and physical loss caused by wild animals have been provided monetary relief in the district.

Lumbini Province government assisted the households from a municipality and three rural municipalities.

Raptisonari rural municipality has 33 families to receive the assistance, while Khajura and Baijaath rural municipalities have one each and Kohalpur municipality has two, according to Division Forest Office.

Senior forest division officer Shankar Prasad Gupta informed that assistance was provided for the loss of human and domestic animals that occurred in the last two years.

A total of 1.9 million compensation and relief amount was provided by the Division Forest Office. Of this, Rs 1 million was provided for a human loss and Rs 900 thousand for the loss of domestic animals.

Minister for Forest and Environment in the province, Devkaran Prasad Kalwar, ministry secretary Mohan Raj Kafle, and chiefs of the concerned local levels were present during the relief handover program. Government officials vowed similar support to the victim’s families in the future.

Earlier, the federal government used to distribute monetary relief to families losing family members and domestic animals and receiving an injury in the attack of wild animals. It is now the responsibility of the province government to formulation a directive on relief distribution for the loss caused by wild animals, 2080. The directive has also doubled the compensation amount.
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