The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is rebuilding camps for some 10,000 Bhutanese refugees living in Goldhap camp in Jhapa district in eastern Nepal who were rendered homeless by a fire early last month, local media reported on Wednesday.
The new camps that are expected to be completed in July, ahead of the monsoon rains, will have fire-proof thatched roofs and wider spacing between huts to minimize fire hazards, a leading website, nepalnews.com report quoted UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond as saying.
On March 1, fire sparked by an oil lamp destroyed the huts in Goldhap camp, leaving nearly 10,000 Bhutanese refugees without homes.
Some 106,000 Bhutanese refugees have been living in seven camps in eastern Nepal for the last 17 years.
Source:Xinhua
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