Kathmandu, April 24 -- Two days before the fourth anniversary of the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake that devastated the country, the Nepal Reconstruction Authority on Tuesday listed the challenges to the ongoing reconstruction works.

Chief Executive Officer of the NRA Sushil Gyewali said at a press conference that the biggest challenge in reconstruction and rehabilitation was financial management.

The NRA had estimated a budget of Rs 938 billion for its five-year reconstruction and rehabilitation plan; of which, Rs 186 billion was spent by the fiscal year 2017/18.

The revised projected expenditure for the current fiscal year has been set at Rs 123 billion.

"We have expected that around Rs 200 billion will be mobilised through the government's...