Bagmati Province allocates funds to build 1,000 homes for homeless families

The Bagmati provincial government in Nepal allocated Rs400 million this fiscal year to build houses for 1,000 families lacking adequate shelter.

The government plans to prioritize the Chepang community, a marginalized group that has historically lacked access to mainstream development. Chief Minister Kiran Thapa Magar visited a settlement in the Makawanpur district to oversee the project. During the visit, officials handed over three completed two-room houses to local families who previously lived in brushwood huts.

The government plans to provide Rs400,000 for each new home constructed under this initiative. In addition to housing, the provincial government will distribute warm clothes to residents before winter. The government also intends to launch a program to provide young goats and chicks to the Chepang community to help them establish sustainable sources of income. Officials are currently compiling a list of families in the settlement who require immediate housing assistance.