The government has decided to provide Rs 25,000 each to flood-hit families in Saptari. Minister for Finance Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said a Cabinet meeting on Monday also decided to provide Rs 1.5 million in soft loan for the resettlement of people rendered homeless by the floods. During his inspection of the flood-hit areas in the district on Friday, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba had pledged the aid. Two weeks ago, around 1,500 houses in Saptari villages were inundated. (PR)