Buddha Air, the largest domestic airlines in the country, has announced to continue its assistance worth Rs 1.5 million to Danghighat Development Committee (DDC) of Morang district as part of its CSR for current fiscal year.
The airline has disbursed Rs 1 million in the last fiscal year, which was used for infrastructural development with major focus on education.
Airline officials said the remaining money of the Rs 1.5 million assistance committed for the last fiscal year will be disbursed in a week.
Speaking at a program organized at Dangighat on Tuesday, Managing Director of Buddha Air Birendra Bahadur Basnet said the airline was positive about increasing the assistance for the current fiscal year, subject to effective utilization of the fund and overall financial health of the airline. We have been receiving many proposals and we will slowly increase our involvement with development programs so that more people can benefit from our CSR initiatives, he added.
The airline has so far distributed Rs 1 million in different phases and the assistance was provided in the ratio of 60:40, in which 40 percent of the project cost was contributed by locals, mainly through labor contribution.
Under the first phase, five schools and a police station were supported with assistance for infrastructure development. The activities included establishment of libraries, science labs and construction of boundary walls, gates apart from purchasing land for the school. Similarly under the second phase, 17 toilets were constructed for the local community.
Shaligram Basnet, president of DDC, said final installment of the payment will be used for making a road and improving basic infrastructure of the VDC. " Our VDC is a step ahead of other nearby villages and Buddha Air has played a major role in making out VDC a more developed one," he added.
Locals have sought an assistance Rs 3 million from Buddha Air for a project to black-top the road. They said they have already collected Rs 1 million from local resources and were looking forward for help from the airline.
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