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Weekly Bulletin Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform, Nepal
26 March 2018 Page 1 of 15
Media Digest | FAQ | Briefing Pack | Meeting & Events | 4W | Housing Progress | Housing Typologies
WEEKLY BULLETIN 26 March 2018
Annapurna Rural Municipality, Ward No. 6, Myagdi: this stone is available on community land and households can extract stone by paying labourers. The quality of stone and aggregate is excellent. The female labourers engaged in extracting the aggregate produce 4-5 cement sacks of aggregate per day for which they receive 70 NPRs per sack.
Modi Rural Municipality, Ward No. 6, Parbat: Purna Bahadur BK started construction of his 5 room house, with steel
frame structure and hollow concrete blocks for the infill walls, just 1 month after the 2015 earthquake. He is still going through the grievance mechanism and he didn’t know that this house would not be in line with government
standards as there no guidance available previously and the inspection engineers have just been deployed.
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Lekhnath Municipality, Pokhara, Kaski: more than 600 houses have been constructed using hollow concrete blocks
in Kaski. Households regularly ask the GoN engineers for designs and they have been providing the designs from the DUDBC Design Catalogue Volume 2, but households are not building according to these designs. There is a lot of
hollow concrete block production in Kaski, with many of the biggest and oldest producers in the district. Blocks from Kaski are sent to Tanahun, Lamjung, Gorkha, and Parbat.
Highlights
• Reminder, Session on ‘Landslide research following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake: Implications for reconstruction and future preparedness’, 29 March
• HRRP housing reconstruction progress maps, based on MoUD CLPIU inspection data as of 22 March
• Reconstruction updates from Kaski, Parbat, and Myagdi
• Report from HRRP and MoUD CLPIU M&E Consultant Joint Monitoring Visit to ChauriDeurali Rural Municipality, Kavrepalanchok, 27 and 28 February
• Lamjung Housing Typologies
• Partner Satisfaction Survey, Round 2 Results
• Vacancies at HRRP; Translator, Administrative Officer, National Information Management Officer, and District Information Management Officer. Application deadline is 26 March.
• DFID Vacancy, Deputy Programme Manager, Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Team: closing date for applications is 8 April.
• Review of Global Capacity Development Strategy to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – comments may be submitted in writing until 31 March 2018 to [email protected]
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National MoFALD CLPIU Enrolment Data, as of 23 March (Nepali and Unofficial English Translation):
9 March 15 March 23 March
Total No. Eligible HHs 767,705 767,705 767,685
HHs Enrolled 695,116 697,635 704,388
HHs Received 1st Tranche 684,227 685,969 679,442
HHs Applied for 2nd Tranche 290,302 290,302 265,784
HHs Received 2nd Tranche 238,482 259,282 255,082
HHs Applied for 3rd Tranche 76,020 76,020 66,091
HHs Received 3rd Tranche 56,747 60,003 54,373
Housing reconstruction progress based on MoFALD CLPIU enrolment data from July 2016 to February 2018.
Interaction Programme on the “Issues of Marginalised Communities in the Reconstruction”, 23 March: the event was organised by Samata Foundation who shared the achievements and issues related to marginalised communities in the reconstruction. Local representatives from Dolakha, Sindhupalchok, Gorkha, and Dhading shared their experiences and highlighted some of the challenges faced in their areas. Earthquake affected households present at the event shared that they have not been able to receive the GoN housing reconstruction grant due to a lack of land certificates, houses are not being approved despite completing required corrections, lack of subsidised loan, and grievances not addressed despite filing the application. At the end of the programme, Mr. Yubraj Bhusal, the NRA CEO, urged everyone to get involved in the housing reconstruction program focusing on
UPDATES & REQUESTS
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marginalised and vulnerable sections of the population so that they can access information on the housing grant and be able to construct their houses within the given time frame.
Vacancies at HRRP: current vacancies at HRRP include Translator, Administrative Officer, National Information Management Officer, and District Information Management Officer. A detailed job description for the above positions can be obtained by contacting CRS Human Resources Office at [email protected]. Please apply by sending a CV with a cover letter to [email protected] by close of business on 26 March 2018. In the subject line, please indicate the position you are applying for.
DFID Vacancy, Deputy Programme Manager, Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Team: closing date for applications is 8 April.
Districts & Municipalities
Myagdi Update, HRRP: the HRRP team visited Myagdi last week (as part of the on-going efforts to visit the 17 moderately affected districts) and some of the major issues and challenges observed after meeting with major stakeholders (Municipalities, DLPIU engineers, DCC, MoFALD-DLPIU and NRA) are as follows:
• Misinformation and confusion are present at all levels – field, local, and district. There is no clear and uniform understanding on reconstruction policies, guidelines and processes. Lack of coordination and communication between reconstruction related authorities specially between district line agencies and new local bodies.
• There are no POs providing support for housing recovery and reconstruction in the district.
• 868 households have been identified as eligible for the GoN housing reconstruction grant (300,00 NPRs) and 7 households are eligible for the GoN housing repair and retrofit grant (100,000 NPRs). 645 households have received the first tranche of the grant (50,000 NPRs). There was conflict between the Line Ministry Budgetary Information System (LMBIS) and bank system for the names of 124 beneficiaries. This has already been forwarded to MoFALD-CLPIU to correct but only 45 names were amended to date.
• Confusion around MIS and documentation for the inspection and tranche disbursement process. For example, the inspection engineers have a limited number of tablets and they don’t know about the MIS system and its hasn’t been established yet.
• MoUD-DLPIU office has not been established in the district yet so inspection files would have to be sent to Baglung DLPIU for verification process and then back to MoFALD DLPIU, Myagdi for tranche release process.
• Most technical staff and engineers (all GoN as there are no partners working on reconstruction in Myagdi) have not been trained or oriented on the reconstruction process and the associated technical guidelines and manuals. They are therefore unable to apply these in their work or share relevant information with households and masons.
• There are approximately 200 houses that have been constructed but are not fully compliant because of the lack of technical assistance during construction. Technical staff in the district have not been oriented on the Corrections and Exceptions Manual so are unable to support households with corrections.
• There are no District Support Engineers available to analyse cases which are not within minimum requirements and building code and to feed the information back to national level for more in-depth analysis where required.
• There is no NRA office in the district, and it is the Baglung NRA office which looks after Myagdi. This creates a coordination gap between district level governments and Rural and Urban Municipalities regarding reconstruction plans, policies, guidelines, and processes.
• Regular back stopping technical support to deployed GoN technical staffs in rural and urban municipalities through regular technical coordination is urgently needed for compliant reconstruction of houses.
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Annapurna Rural Municipality, Ward No. 6, Myagdi: Ful Devi Pun, a single woman, has rebuilt her home using a steel frame with stone masonry as infill walls and metal floor structure. She had received the first tranche of the
GoN housing reconstruction grant and had completed construction of this house just 4 months after the 2015 earthquake. The inspection engineers have been deployed just 3 months ago and have told her that the house in
non-compliant. She works as a construction and agriculture labourer earning 300 NPRs per day and constructed this house with a 600,000 NPRs loan, at 25% annual interest. The total cost of construction is around 1,000,000 NPRs.
Parbat Update, HRRP: the HRRP team visited Parbat last week (as part of the on-going efforts to visit the 17 moderately affected districts) and some of the major issues and challenges observed after meeting with major stakeholders (Municipalities, DLPIU engineers, DCC, MoFALD-DLPIU and NRA) are as follows:
• Misinformation and confusion are present at all levels – field, local, and district. There is no clear and uniform understanding on reconstruction policies, guidelines and processes. Lack of coordination and communication between reconstruction related authorities specially between district line agencies and new local bodies.
• There are no POs providing support for housing recovery and reconstruction in the district.
• 5269 households have been identified as eligible for the GoN housing reconstruction grant (300,00 NPRs) and 417 households are eligible for the GoN housing repair and retrofit grant (100,000 NPRs). 8,243 households have received the first tranche of the grant (50,000 NPRs). 136 beneficiaries have been recommended for the second tranche of the grant (150,000NPRs).
• MIS has not been established and no orientation was provided to staff creating a huge confusion around MIS and documentation for the inspection and tranche disbursement process. 3rd Inspection forms were not available and all required forms to be provided to rural and urban municipalities.
• MoUD-DLPIU office has not been established in Parbat yet so inspection files would have to be sent to Kaski DLPIU for verification process and then back to Parbat MoFALD-DLPIU for tranche release process.
• Most technical staff and engineers (all GoN as there are no partners working on reconstruction in Parbat) have not been trained or oriented on the reconstruction process and the associated technical guidelines and manuals. They are therefore unable to apply these in their work or share relevant information with households and masons. Engineers are not available in Byadi and Jaljala Rural municipalities as engineers’ dropout rate is high and need urgent replacements. Engineers are facing difficulties in providing technical assistance and inspection process due to lack of transportation facilities and logistics as geography and access remains a major challenge in reconstruction process.
• There are approximately 5% houses that have been constructed and need corrections based on the Corrections and Exceptions Manual. Technical staff in the district have not been oriented on the Corrections and Exceptions Manual so are unable to support households with corrections. Approximately 10-15% of houses that have been constructed are not fully compliant and the Corrections and Exceptions Manual cannot be applied as they are RCC, hollow concrete block, hybrid, etc. structures.
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• There are no District Support Engineers available to analyse cases which are not within minimum requirements and building code and to feed the information back to national level for more in-depth analysis where required.
• The 417 households eligible for the GoN repair and retrofit grant are unsure how to proceed and the engineers / technical staff in the field are not able to provide information and guidance on retrofitting as they have no training on this and are not aware of the Repair and Retrofit Manuals (masonry and RCC).
• NRA Baglung looks after Myagdi and Parbat districts and there are few vacant position including 3 engineers and if those vacant position can be filled, Engineers can be deployed in all three districts to support DLPIU and GoN technical staff. NRA Baglung requested HRRP to support deployment of technical coordinator and information management officer so that regular coordination and supports can be provided through district level.
• 7 days skilled mason trainings were provided by various government departments but not in coordination with respective rural and urban municipalities’ NRA/DLPIU engineers. This creates issues with uniformity in technical assistance and can lead to confusion for households and may mean that fully compliant houses are not constructed.
Kusma Municipality, Ward No. 4, Parbat: Krishna Kumari Hamal, a single woman, has constructed a one room
house with brick and cement mortar masonry (on the right of the photo) and is planning to demolish her old house, as seen in the background, since it is heavily damaged but for now she is still living in the old house.
Kaski Update, HRRP: the HRRP team visited Kaski last week (as part of the on-going efforts to visit the 17 moderately affected districts) and some of the major issues and challenges observed after meeting with major stakeholders (Municipalities, DLPIU engineers, DCC, MoFALD-DLPIU and NRA) are as follows:
• There are no POs providing support for housing recovery and reconstruction in the district.
• 6,025 households have been identified as eligible for the GoN housing reconstruction grant (300,00 NPRs) and 242 households are eligible for the GoN housing repair and retrofit grant (100,000 NPRs) 3300 households have received the first tranche of the grant (50,000 NPRs).
• MIS has not been established and no orientation was provided to staff creating a huge confusion around MIS and documentation for the inspection and tranche disbursement process.
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• MoUD-DLPIU office has not been established in Kaski as Kaski DUDBC office have been fully occupied in management of infrastructure of province no. 5 as Pokhara is capital for that province and even DUDBC office was relocated to new building. MoUD-DLPIU, Kaski doesn’t have enough manpower to support three districts i.e. Kaski, Parbat, and Syangja.
• Most technical staff and engineers (all GoN as there are no partners working on reconstruction in Kaski) have not been trained or oriented on the reconstruction process and the associated technical guidelines and manuals. They are therefore unable to apply these in their work or share relevant information with households and masons. Engineers are facing difficulties in providing technical assistance and inspection process due to lack of transportation facilities and logistics as geography and access remains a major challenge in reconstruction process.
• There are approximately 600 houses that have been constructed with hollow concrete blocks and are not fully compliant as result of lack of technical assistance during construction. Beneficiaries want to construct hollow concrete block houses because they are cheaper and blocks are readily available in Kaski.
• There are no District Support Engineers available to analyse cases which are not within minimum requirements and building code and to feed the information back to national level for more in-depth analysis where required.
• NRA Syangja looks after Kaski which add up challenge in coordination with all relevant authorities and reconstruction stakeholders.
Lekhnath Municipality, Pokhara, Kaski: hollow concrete block production at ‘Pokhara Block Udhog’. They produce 30 blocks from one bag of cement, and blocks cost between 40 and 60 NPRs per piece depending on the quality.
They produce a maximum of 400 blocks per day. Technical Orientation and Open Interaction Session, MoFALD DLPIU and DCC Kaski, 23 March: the session, for government technical staff (NRA/DLPIU engineers, sub-engineers and assistant sub engineers), was organised by MoFALD DLPIU and DCC Kaski with facilitation support from HRRP, and attended by the new DLPIU focal person for Kaski, Syangja, and Parbat districts. A total of 20 technical staff from all rural and urban municipalities attended the session. Orientation was provided on basic technical guidelines, minimum requirements, and the Corrections and Exceptions Manual. There was then active discussion focused on non-compliance issues, correction procedures, and construction of hollow concrete block houses. DLPIU focal points were introduced for Kaski, Parbat and Syangja Districts and an open session was facilitated where engineers and DLPIU focal points discussed about their roles and support required from DLPIU focal points. Inspection process, MIS system and learning from 14 districts were also shared so that Rural and Urban municipality engineers who transferred from 14 affected districts will support DLPIU. HRRP shared some pictures of non-compliance issues identified during field visits and jointly discussed correction solutions and agreed to established regular reporting mechanism to report inspection and non-compliance status with sample pictures and details in their working municipalities. HRRP requested technical staff to make a joint report regarding load bearing block houses as more than 600 houses were already reconstructed with blocks and HRRP committed to share it with central technical team for study and practical
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solutions. MoFALD &MoUD-DLPIUs thanked HRRP in facilitating technical and orientation session and requested HRRP to organise more technical sessions and trainings in coming days.
Minar Thapa Magar, HRRP National Coordination Officer, conducting a session during the technical orientation
and open interaction session in Kaski on 23 March. Lamjung Housing Typologies, HRRP NRA Field Visit Report, Utthan Shelter Project, 19 and 20 March: the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) and Build Change are jointly implementing the Utthan Shelter Project in Kispang Rural Municipality, Ward No. 1 and 3, (formerly Bhalche and Kaule VDCs) Nuwakot. The field visit team included the NRA NGO Coordination Officer, NRA Sub-Engineer, and representatives from NRCS and Building Change. Report from HRRP Kathmandu Valley team and MoUD DLPIU-Lalitpur monitoring team Joint Monitoring Visit to Gimdi and other areas of Bagmati Rural Municipality, Lalitpur, 5 and 6 March 2018 Report from HRRP and MoUD CLPIU M&E Consultant Joint Monitoring Visit to ChauriDeurali Rural Municipality, Kavrepalanchok, 27 and 28 February: during the visit the team visited DhuseniSiwalaya, Gothpani, KartikeDeurali, MadanKundari, and PokhariChauri and also conducted a municipal level reconstruction coordination meeting. The report includes a profile of the municipality, summary of the coordination meeting, stories from interactions with the communities, and details of technical assistance activities.
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DhuseniSiwalaya, ChauriDeurali Rural Municipality, Kavrepalanchok: this house was constructed before the home owner had signed the partnership agreement with the GoN. The home owner did not receive any socio-technical
assistance during the construction and had learnt about building type and permitted number of storeys from neighboring VDCs. During the inspection for the second tranche, the MoUD DLPIU engineers listed the house as non-
compliant as the bands and vertical reinforcement are missing. The engineers recommended correction measures but the home owner is reluctant to move ahead with these and would rather give up the remaining tranches than
carry out the corrections as he believes that corrections are not feasible and cost effective in his case.
PokhariChauri, ChauriDeurali Rural Municipality, Kavrepalanchok: Ganga Prasad Chaulagain resides at Sulikot Tole of PokhariChauri with his wife and red card listed differently abled son. The elderly couple are above 65 and the PA
Form was signed under their son’s name. With no capable family member, and with the pressure of the NRA’s Paush deadline for disbursing the second tranche, they managed to reconstruct up to plinth level with support from their
neighbours. As they had set up their temporary shelter on the current construction site, it had to be demolished forcing them to live in the damaged pre-earthquake house.
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HRRP District and Municipal Coordination Meetings, 19 – 25 March: during this period district coordination meetings took place in Makwanpur (20 March) and Sindhuli (20 March). Municipal level meetings took place in Molung Rural Municipality, Okhaldhuga (19 March) and Galchi Rural Municipality, Dhading (21 March). Some of the highlights from these meetings include:
• In Makwanpur, a wide range of issues were discussed including continued challenges for landless households or households that don’t have their land title document, difficulties associated with relocation of settlements/households, municipality approved drawings are not compliant with the national building code, households along road ways are not able to rebuild because of Right of Way requirements, compliance issues for hybrid, timber, hollow concrete block, and truss structures, insufficient socio-technical assistance staff at household level, and socio-technical assistance staff that are present are not aware of key policies such as the repair and retrofit manual. It was also flagged that there are households that have used land documents that are not their own when signing the Partnership Agreement, as well as households that have not constructed their house on the land specified in their Partnership Agreement.
• In Sindhuli, the NRA requested partners to share their monthly action plans and to invite NRA and HRRP for joint monitoring field visits in their working areas. Most partners will be phasing out from March 2018 which will leave a huge gap in housing reconstruction technical support. There are a few partners that will continue with livelihood and WASH projects beyond March 2018.
• In Molung RM, Okhaldhaunga, the discussion focused on the issues related to non-compliant houses. For example, in Ward No. 6, 15 houses have a height that is more than the limit specified in the Nepal National Building Code and are therefore are non-compliant. In Ward No. 3, 35 houses built after the earthquake without any technical guidance are also non-compliant and are therefore not approved for the second and third tranches of the GoN housing reconstruction grant.
• In Galchi RM, Dhading, the discussion focused on the irregular presence of the NRA engineers in the wards. Because of this, most households are not able to get technical assistance. The field engineers, who were present in the meeting, were instructed to carry out their duty in close coordination with ward staff. Concerns were also raised regarding the results of the resurvey and verification process.
Sunkoshi Rural Municipality, Ward No. 3, Majhigaun, Sindhuli: Kalmaya Shrestha is a 53 year old, single woman who has been living in her earthquake damaged house since April 2015. She has just started constructing a new
house after she sold some land to fund the construction.
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HRRP District Coordination Team Dolakha, Weekly District Report, 16 – 22 Mar 2018
Ward No.2, Tamakoshi Rural Municipality, Dolakha: these women have completed a 50 day vocational training
masonry course provided by NSET. They have recently completed construction of five houses on their own. They are very motivated and would like to work as masons until the end of the reconstruction.
HRRP District Coordination Team Gorkha, Weekly District Report, 16 – 22 Mar 2018
Lamachaur, Baguwa, Bhimsen Rural Municipality, Gorkha: ceremony for the handover of land ownership
documents (lal purja) organised by the Integrated Milanbasti Reconstruction and Development Committee. 138 displaced households from Tutepani, Pandeygaun, and Nayagaun of Baguwa who will be living in the integrated settlement received their land ownership documents. Mr. Hari Raj Adhikari, Member of House of Representative, Dr. Hari Ram Parajuli, Executive member of NRA, and Mr. Jitendra Basnet, Chief District Officer Gorkha handed
over the documents during the programme.
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HRRP District Coordination Team Nuwakot, Weekly District Report, 16 – 22 Mar 2018
Kaule, Ward No.3, Kispang Rural Municipality, Nuwakot: this house has been constructed using brick with cement mortar and a Rat Trap bond. Rat Trap bonds use a combination of 2 vertical bricks and one horizontal brick with
inner open space in the top. It is cost effective since a lower number of bricks are used and it is also good for thermal and sound insulation. This is the first house built in the village using this system. The home onwer has received the
second tranche of the GoN housing reconsruction grant and has been approved for the third tranche. The house was constucted with fiannacial support from NRCS and technical support from Build Change.
HRRP District Coordination Team Okhaldhunga, Weekly District Report, 16 – 22 Mar 2018
Ward No. 6, Molung Rural Municipality, Okhaldhunga: this stone and mud mortar masonry house, with timber
bands, has had corrections applied to the DPC band using the Corrections and Exceptions Manual. The home owner has received the second tranche of the GoN housing reconstruction grant but they have not been approved to
receive the third tranche because the attic height is more than allowed.
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Requests for Partner Support
HRRP Conference Hall Available for Partner Organisation Events: Partner Organisations (POs) should feel free to apply to use the HRRP conference hall for meetings, workshops, and other events. Please write to the HRRP Operations Manager, Kailash Shrestha, [email protected], if you have any questions or would like to apply to use the conference hall. Reminder, Session on ‘Landslide research following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake: Implications for reconstruction and future preparedness’, 29 March: please do join us at the HRRP office for this very special session. Researchers from Durham University and NSET will share findings from the Earthquakes without Frontiers project, and an ongoing research project funded by DFID as part of the Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience programme. There will also be a presentation on the NRA’s work to date on the geo-hazard risk assessment and potential mitigation strategies for at risk areas, and on the recently published Disaster Risk Management Act and how this relates to landslide research and preparedness. Intrepid Solutions Lecture Series, Nepal Engineers' Association, Tuesday, 5pm: supported by UNOPS and Build Change, this lecture series provides an opportunity to connect with national and international experts to explore innovative solutions for improving construction practices. The next lecture will take place on Tuesday, 26 March and will be delivered by Bryce Neuman, Miyamoto International Inc., on ‘Historical Preservation and Structural Intervention at the Reconstruction of Gaddi Baithak in Kathmandu Durbar Square’. Urban humanitarian response: challenges and opportunities, ODI Event, 27 March: the event, which will be available to view through online stream, includes speakers from International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Danish Refugee Council, International Rescue Committee (IRC), and University of New South Wales (UNSW). The speakers will discuss what is different about providing humanitarian assistance in urban areas and which tools and approaches can help to make responding to crises in urban environments more effective. HRRP Event to Mark the Third Anniversary of the 2015 Earthquake: we are planning to hold a district exhibition and general meeting (similar to the event on 13 December) on 23 April at the Bougainvilla Banquet. It would be great to hear from partners if you have plans to mark the anniversary and / or if you have suggestions for how to make the HRRP event as useful as possible. Sufi Mohamed Faiz, HRRP District Management Team-Coordinator, [email protected], is the focal point for this.
Government of Nepal Draft Evaluation Guideline for Light Timber and Steel Framed Buildings, NRA Technical Committee Universalizing Clean Energy in Nepal: A Plan for Sustainable Distributed Generation and Grid Access to All by 2022, National Planning Commission
HRRP
Partner Satisfaction Survey, Round 2 Results Housing Reconstruction Progress Maps: based on MoUD CLPIU inspection data as of 22 March.
Partnership Agreement Signed between HH and GoN 1st Tranche Received Construction Started
DOCUMENTS & PRODUCTS
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Compliance Rate – 2nd Tranche Compliance Rate – 3rd Tranche Construction Completed
HRRP District Profiles: based on HRRP 4W R49, 10 February.
Bhaktapur: English, Nepali Dhading: English, Nepali Dolakha: English, Nepali Gorkha: English, Nepali Kathmandu: English, Nepali Kavrepalanchok: English, Nepali Lalitpur: English, Nepali
Makwanpur: English, Nepali Nuwakot: English, Nepali Okhaldhunga: English, Nepali Ramechhap: English, Nepali Rasuwa: English, Nepali Sindhuli: English, Nepali Sindhupalchok: English, Nepali
District Wise Damage Grade Maps, with Road Network, for 31 Districts:
Arghakhanchi Baglung Bhojpur Chitwan Dhankuta Gulmi Kaski Khotang Lamjung Myagdi Nawalparasi Palpa Parbat Sankhuwasabha Solukhumbhu Syangja Tanahun
Bhaktapur Dhading Dolakha Gorkha Kathmandu Kavrepalanchok Lalitpur Makwanpur Nuwakot Okhaldhunga Ramechhap Rasuwa Sindhuli Sindhupalchowk
Partners Milijuli Nepali, BBC Media Action, Episode 899: this episode incorporates stories from Kavre, Gorkha, and Makwanpur, as well as an episode of the drama ‘KathaMaala’, and focuses on ways to preserve timber and protect it from termites, and saving money for rebuilding. The episode also talks about the benefits of building the kitchen and toilet separate from the living areas. The ‘KathaMaala’ episode features a character Maya Prakash Udasi who was requested by his wife to visit the ward office and get information about building a safe house. But he has a habit of forgetting things. One day, on the way to the ward office he meets one of his villager J.B. who requested him to write a song for him. While returning from the ward office with the information, he wrote the song on the other side of the paper where he has written a song and gave it to J.B. J.B. composed a song with the information about a building safe house which was played by the radio station and becomes popular. Maya Prakash's wife feels proud of him and says that people can now learn information regarding house construction through a song. Baliyo Ghar TV Programme, Episode No. 95: this week, Baliyo Ghar interviewed Spokesperson of Nepal Rastra Bank, Narayan Prasad Paudel, and a representative of Banker's Association to discuss the reasons why households are able to get the subsidised and interest free loans. During the discussion, NRB spokesperson Paudel said that the commercial banks should not have any issues to disseminate these loans to beneficiaries and if they have the NRB will address those issues soon. The representative from the Banker's Association said that the commercial banks have no problem to issue such loans to earthquake affected people if they provide all the required documents.
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Global Capacity Development Strategy to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Draft Review: the draft strategy is now going through a round of regional consultations and review (comments may be submitted in writing until 31 March 2018 to [email protected]) before being finalised and presented at the next Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in May 2019 in Geneva. Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems: A Checklist, International Network for Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems
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