KAVRE, May 28 -- Nandi Keshar Gautam has been living in a temporary hut since he lost his home to the 2015 earthquake. He has submitted all the documents the reconstruction authority has asked for to qualify for a grant to rebuild his home. However, his name is still not on the list of recipients for a reconstruction grant.
"I filled up the complaint form twice," the former chairman of the then Kattike Deurali VDC said, "but my name has yet to be included on the beneficiary list. I don't know what more I have to do."
Cases of genuine victims like Gautam who have been
deprived of relief and housing reconstruction aid are aplenty. Most of the victims say the government and the local representatives are apathetic towards their protracted or...