WB to give Rs 274m

KATHMANDU:

World Bank (WB) has agreed to provide grant assistance of Rs 274 million for the implementation of Pro-poor Urban Regeneration Pilot Project under the Japan Social Development Fund. The agreement to this effect was signed on Monday. The project that will be implemented by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) concludes in September 2017 and aims to contribute the living conditions of poor and vulnerable households in selected wards of Lalitpur by piloting urban regeneration activities and demonstrate the feasibility of an integrated urban regeneration approach to decision-makers in the Katmandu valley.

Source: Republica