Kantipur Foundation hands over Rs 11.44m to PM Relief Fund

KATHMANDU: Kantipur Foundation on Tuesday handed over Rs 11.441 million to Prime Minister Natural Disaster Rescue and Relief Fund for the floods and landslides victim.

Chairperson and Managing Director of the Kantipur Media Group Kailash Sirohiya handed over the amount to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at latter's official residence in Baluwatar today.

The Foundation had collected the relief amount by establishing 'Kantipur Flood-Landslide Relief Fund' with an objective of providing relief to flood and landslide survivors.

It established the Fund depositing Rs 1.1 million where Nepal Investment Bank, Siddhartha Bank, NIC Asia Bank, Sanima Bank, Nepal Mediciti Hospital and Prabhu Bank had donated Rs 1.1 million each.

The remaining amount was collected from general public.

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