United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Nepal has said that it would continuously provide food grains to Bhutanese refugees at living in vulnerable condition in Nepal despite its compulsion to reduce the support owing to financial crunch.

WFP said that it was compelled to reduce the quantity of food grains provided to Bhutanese refugees in Nepal due to acute crunch of financial grant from the beginning of this year. There are around 11,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal now depending on humanitarian support.

A press release issued by the WFP Office on Friday stated that the WFP, however, would continue its support to some 3, 100 refugees including elderly, disabled persons and single mother.

Communication Officer of WFP Nepal, Shitashma Thapa, said that the WFP has been providing food grains to Bhutanese refugees living since 1992. RSS