SINDHULI, Feb. 20 -- On August 12, National Reconstruction Authority's Central Project Implementation Unit (Grant Management and Local Infrastructure), Kathmandu, publicized a notice. Quake victims were informed that they could transfer their names from the list of Retrofitting grant recipients to reconstruction beneficiaries.

Following the notice, some of the quake victims in Ghyallekh Rural Municipality-5 submitted their applications requesting to be listed as reconstruction grant recipients. However, instead of going through the applications, the ward office has piled its applications for almost six months.

This has made the victims worried that they might be deprived of the reconstruction grant. The detail of ward office, recommenda...