TANAHU: Myagde rural municipality in the district has constructed shelters for and handed them over to the poor families in the rural municipality.

The rural municipality handed over 48 houses to the respective families. It constructed the houses under ‘Model Housing Programme’ for the landless families of all seven wards in the rural municipality and those compelled to live in dilapidated houses.

Chief Administrative Officer of the rural municipality, Narayan Prasad Adhikari, said a total of Rs 10 million was allocated from the equalization fund of the federal government and equal funding of the rural municipality in the fiscal year 2080/81 in the first phase.

A total of 16 houses were constructed in the fiscal year 2080/81 BS while additional 32 in the current fiscal year 2081/82 BS. The Pasa Shukla JV Construction Company had constructed the houses at the cost of 27.35 million, according to the rural municipality.

A total of seven houses each were constructed in ward no 1 and 2, six in ward no 3, eight in ward no 4, six houses each in ward no 5, and 6 and eight in ward no 7.

Chairperson of the rural municipality, Shree Prasad Shrestha shared that the houses were provided to poor families based on the recommendation of the respective wards.

An arrangement has been made where the houses could not be sold for 10 years as well as mortgaged or rented to others.

Neighbours have passed the land for free to landless people while some beneficiaries have their own land. Sukman Shrestha of ward no 7 said they were very happy after the rural municipality constructed houses for them.