INARUWA, Sept 5: Duhabi Municipality of Sunsari district has handed over residential homes to the Dalit, marginalized and destitute communities. A total of 80 households were provided the homes constructed in over two bighas of land at the cost of Rs 70 million.
Mayor Bed Narayan Gachchhadar said that the homes built under the 'Mayor Residence Project' were distributed to poor households on Monday. Each house has facilities such as drinking water, toilets, and electricity. Even a community building is made for the households where they can conduct traditional rituals such as marriage and tonsure ceremonies.
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For the handover of the homes, the municipality picked 80 from among the 200 applications it had received. The remaining applicants would be provided with similar residential homes in the near future, according to Mayor Gachchhadar. The local government is planning to manage schooling free of cost to the children of poor families who got homes.
Similarly, the guardians will be provided with skill-oriented training to foster self-employment. Meanwhile, the municipality has said it is continuously monitoring the encroachment upon public spaces and settlement of squatter dwellers. If any squatter dweller is found having his/her own home, the municipality has warned of taking action against them.
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