Incident Reports

Relief materials found misused in Gorkha

2015-08-24

Gandaki, Gorkha, Gorkha

Materials sent by the government and different donor agencies for quake survivors in the Gorkha district were found to have been misused. Many people with access to political power are learned to have stored the relief materials in their homes, instead of distributing to the quake survivors. The District Natural Disaster Relief and Rescue Committee carried out an investigation after more than 7,000 complaints regarding misuse of the relief materials were registered before the Committee. The Committee found 12 sets of utensils stored at the house of Tek Bahadur Bhatta of Baguwa VDC-1 in course of the investigation. Similarly, 13 sacks of rice were recovered from the house of Padam Bhatta and 10 sacks of rice from the house of Prem Chandra Shrestha, according to the Committee. A meeting held in the village on Saturday handed over the relief materials to the VDC Secretary said a local Deepak Bohara. Investigation over other complaints including the misuse of tarpaulin sheets is underway. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Program Interference/Obstruction
Primary Cause Issues related to the delivery of non-government aid programs (e.g. earthquake rehab/recon)
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Group of civilians (only Target)
Actor 2 - Youth na
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