KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 17
An amount over Rs 1.74 billion has been deposited to the Prime Minister Natural Disaster Relief Fund.
According to the details made public by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the amount was deposited to the fund for disaster survivors as of October 16. Contributions have also been deposited institutionally and individually to the fund.
Ten organized institutions and Vidyadhar Mallik as an individual donated money to the fund on October 16. It is informed that the Salt Trading Corporation has contributed Rs 6.1 million, Non-Resident Nepali Association Rs 5.1 million and Rastriya Samachar Samiti Rs 326,038 to the relief fund.
Similarly, Nepal Police Wives Association, Nepal Insurance Company, Electricity Generation Company, among others, have contributed money to the fund.
