<p class="title">India on Monday extended a financial aid of 1.6 billion Nepalese rupees to Nepal to help 50,000 people in Nuwakot and Gorkha districts rebuild their houses damaged in the devastating earthquake in 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri handed over the cheque to Finance Secretary of Nepal Rajan Khanal for the reconstruction work, Indian embassy here said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ambassador thanked the Nepal government for the partnership and reiterated that India remained committed to the completion of post-earthquake reconstruction projects in the Himalayan nation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India has so far granted Nepal a total of Rs 4.5 billion Nepalese rupees under the housing reconstruction projects.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India is partnering with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for providing socio-technical facilitation to the house owners to ensure that they rebuild their homes as per Nepal government's earthquake resilient norms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Central Nepal's Gorkha district was the epicentre of the devastating earthquake which struck the Himalayan nation in April 2015, claiming over 9,000 lives and damaging 800,000 houses.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nepalese officials appreciated the sustained and generous humanitarian support extended by India for the post-earthquake reconstruction, the statement said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India and Nepal in February 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for USD 100-million grant to support the reconstruction of 50,000 private houses in the two districts of the Himalayan nation. </p>
<p class="title">India on Monday extended a financial aid of 1.6 billion Nepalese rupees to Nepal to help 50,000 people in Nuwakot and Gorkha districts rebuild their houses damaged in the devastating earthquake in 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri handed over the cheque to Finance Secretary of Nepal Rajan Khanal for the reconstruction work, Indian embassy here said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ambassador thanked the Nepal government for the partnership and reiterated that India remained committed to the completion of post-earthquake reconstruction projects in the Himalayan nation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India has so far granted Nepal a total of Rs 4.5 billion Nepalese rupees under the housing reconstruction projects.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India is partnering with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for providing socio-technical facilitation to the house owners to ensure that they rebuild their homes as per Nepal government's earthquake resilient norms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Central Nepal's Gorkha district was the epicentre of the devastating earthquake which struck the Himalayan nation in April 2015, claiming over 9,000 lives and damaging 800,000 houses.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nepalese officials appreciated the sustained and generous humanitarian support extended by India for the post-earthquake reconstruction, the statement said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India and Nepal in February 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for USD 100-million grant to support the reconstruction of 50,000 private houses in the two districts of the Himalayan nation. </p>