{"id":435272,"date":"2026-09-02T17:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=435272"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:32:07","slug":"around-rs-8-billion-collected-in-pm-disaster-relief-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/09\/02\/435272.html","title":{"rendered":"Around Rs 8 billion collected in PM Disaster Relief Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> Financial assistance for the people affected by the devastating flash flood in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems on August 26 has been increasing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/GD_KTM_DG_9779-1024x905.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/GD_KTM_DG_9779-1024x905.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/GD_KTM_DG_9779-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/GD_KTM_DG_9779-768x678.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/GD_KTM_DG_9779-1536x1357.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/GD_KTM_DG_9779-2048x1809.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Courtesy: RSS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Balendra Shah addressed the House of Representatives today, saying that the Government of Nepal is raising financial aid for flood victims through the Prime Minister&#8217;s Disaster Rescue and Relief Fund, and that the support for this is increasing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, by Wednesday, seven billion 885 million seven thousand two hundred and seventeen rupees has been deposited in the relief fund. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of this, just yesterday, Rs 1 billion was released from the fund to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From that amount, Rs 67 million 500 thousand has already been distributed to 15 flood-affected municipalities in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha, and Tanahun. The fund currently has Rs 6 billion 885 million 7,217 in balance, and an additional USD 6 million 141 thousand 702 has been deposited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Prime Minister, by Wednesday, seven billion 885 million seven thousand two hundred and seventeen rupees has been deposited in the relief fund. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":435273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-435272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435274,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435272\/revisions\/435274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435272"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=435272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}