- 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
- Singing Contest by Women Groups on the theme of making Disaster Resilient Future Rapti City
- Meeting between CityNet Secretariat and CNNC
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Training Course for engineers and sub-engineers on Earthquake Resistant Building: Design and Evaluation and Planning Workshop at Biratnagar, Morang
NSET organized a three day training program for municipal engineers and sub-engineers on Earthquake Resistant Building: Design and Evaluation during August 24-26 followed by one day planning workshop on Building Code Implementation in Municipalities on August 27 at Biratnagar, Morang.
The purpose of this program was;
» To enhance the technical capacity of municipal engineers to design earthquake-resistant buildings and to evaluate the submitted building designs and drawings as per the building code provisions through three days training and;
» To develop strategies and plans for the municipalities for effective implementation of building code through the one day workshop
More than 40 participants from Bhadrapur, Biratnagar Sub Metropolitan City, Inaruwa, Triyuga, Khandbari, Janakpur, Kamalamai, Dharan, Damak, Mechinagar, Birtamod, and Dhankuta participated in the program.
The program was organized as a component of the Building Code Implementation Program in Municipalities of Nepal (BCIPN), implemented by NSET under the overall guidance and directives of the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC), Ministry of Urban Development (MOUD) and Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MOFALD) of the Government of Nepal with the funding support from U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA).