United Nations World Food Programme(WFP) has said that they are force to reduce the amount of sugar that is being supplied to the Bhutanese Refugees living in Eastern Nepal.
This announcement has come when the International Sugar Market increased the price of sugar tremendously.India,the nearest sugar supplying partners of WFP has also increased the price owing the International Market and the demand.
WFP Country Representative in Nepal,Mr.Richard Ragan said that,we are extremly concern about the reduction however the sugar market has gone up and the required budget couldnot meet the present price.
Citing rapid increase in price of Sugar in an International Market we are forced to deduct the amount of Sugar to Bhutanese Refugees,he added in a press release.
The reduction will results in s daily loss of 10 grams of sugar per refugee per day.WFP normally provides 280 grams of sugar to Bhutanese Refugees.The actual reduction will begin at the end on this month.
So far more than 80,000 refugees have expressed their interest in third country re-settlement since the re-settlement programme began in November 2007.This process is expected to continue upto five years to complete.
There is a great security concerns in the refugees camp especially in Beldangis after a series of murders of different people in the camp.Security has been tightened and in high alert now.
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