DANG : The People’s Housing Programme launched by the government is becoming effective in Dang district. More than 100 houses are being constructed annually in recent years. A total of 1,420 houses have been constructed in the Fiscal Year 2019/20. The programme was launched 10 years ago.
A total of 1,153 houses have been built and handed over to the needy within the previous fiscal year. Programme Officer Sher Bahadur KC said that 267 houses were constructed in fiscal year 2019/20 and handed over to people. He further said that nine houses were handed over to people from the Kusunda community, 70 houses to people from the Gandharva community, 69 houses to people from the Badi community and 1,019 houses to people from the Dalit community.
All 267 houses constructed in 2019/20 were handed over to the Dalit community. The government has been constructing and distributing houses to people from marginalized communities under the people’s housing programme.
Activities are underway to construct houses and handover them to the people from Kusunda, Gandharva, Badi and Dalit communities in the Dang district. The programme has now been launched under the Urban Development and Building Construction Office in Ghorahi of State-5 through the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development.