NUWAKOT: The relief items including logistics good worth millions that were meant to be distributed to the earthquake survivors have been destroyed in Nuwakot as the goods had perished.

Stored at the Skill Training Centre in Bidur, the relief materials had expired and decayed, and hence had to be destroyed over a week period.

These relief goods and food grains were brought here by various organisations and donor countries in April and May immediately after the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and stored at the Centre.

The goods were stocked after a dispute erupted between the district administration and the political parties, following the devastating earthquake, regarding the manner and the priority in which the relief should be distributed.

The relief materials were stockpiled on the damp floor at the Training Centre without any protective measures and more than half the stock of the relief had rotten, said Administrative Officer at the District Administration Office, Nanda Lal Sharma.

According to Sharma, the food grains and food stuff destroyed is worth more than Rs 20 million.