Kathmandu, Feb. 24 -- The government is yet to disburse the budget allocated for the controversial Constituency Infrastructure Development Programme to the victims of last November's earthquake that hit Jajarkot and Rukum West on November 3 last year.

A Cabinet meeting on November 13 had decided to set aside Rs8.25 billion from the lawmakers-led programme for the rehabilitation of the affected people and reconstruction of the structures destroyed by the magnitude 6.4 earthquake.

According to the home ministry, the Jajarkot earthquake in early November killed 154 people while injuring 366 others. As per the late November update made by the home ministry, over 62,000 housing structures, both private and public, were damaged by the quake....