- Action Planning Workshop for Tomorrow's Khokana held in Lalitpur
- "Action Planning Workshop for Tomorrow's Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City" Held in Lamahi, Lumbini Province
- Media Interaction held on plan for Tomorrow’s Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City
- Art Competition on Tomorrow’s Rapti City held in Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City
- National Tabletop Simulation Exercise by NDRRMA MOHA
- Workshop on Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Aftershock Forecasting was held in Lalitpur
- 26th National Symposium on ‘Earthquake Risk Reduction and Management in Nepal’ held in Kathmandu.
- Mason Training begins in Darjeeling, India
- 26th Earthquake Safety Day observed in Nepal with the slogan: Let's promote use of Local Resources and Technology for Earthquake Resilient Structures
- Shaping Visioning Scenarios for Rapti, the Lumbini Provincial Capital City in Nepal
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Vulnerability Tour for GNDR Team
NSET facilitated a Vulnerability Tour for GNDR Operations Director Mr. Terry Gibson and Asia Regional Development Officer Mr. Rouf Mohamed Abdur. The Global Network for Disaster Reduction is a major international network of non-governmental and not-for-profit organisations committed to working together to improve the lives of people affected by disasters world-wide. http://www.globalnetwork-dr.org/
The vulnerability and high earthquake risk of Kathmandu valley can be felt and observed through simply walking around few core city areas in Kathmandu. Earthquake Vulnerability Tour is a walking tour to such core areas to observe and feel the earthquake vulnerabilities. The route selected for this walk is a historical city core area Chokhachhen Galli which is the border between Ward No. 25 and 26 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC).
The route hence comprises: Bhugol Park - Indra Chowk – Chokhachhen Galli – Itum Bahal
Typical features of the locality are:
• Narrow streets consisting of mixture of old and new buildings
• Old buildings mostly constructed after 1934 earthquake and made of brick in mud and of adobe
• New buildings brick in cement and RC pillar system
• Many very narrow streets and gallis connecting houses to the main galli
• Many courtyards inside – some are still existing/ functional; some are encroached
• Population density of the area is very high – approx. 60,000 per square km
• Building use – mixed: residential + commercial
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