- 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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Efforts on Effective Building Code implementation in Municipalities speeding up
A worth process to enhance organized enforcement of Building Codes in Municipalities recently help in western city of Dhangadhi. Workshop on “Review of building permit process system for effective building code implementation” accomplished at Dhangadhi sub-Metropolitan City of Western Nepal during September 7-8, 2016. The program was jointly organized by Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MOFALD), Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC), Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City and NSET’s Building Code Implementation Program in Municipalities of Nepal (BCIPN) funded by USAID/OFDA. 30 participants including Executive Officers, Senior Engineers and Technical Staff from Bhimdutta, Dhangadhi, Amargadhi, Gulariya, Nepalgunj, Birendranagar, Tulsipur and Ghorahi Municipalities, Engineers from DUDBC divisional offices and NSET-Nepal intensively engaged in the sharing and learning process.
Key issues discussed are -
• Building permit forms and formats.
• Contracting procedures (among house owner, consultant and mason/contractor)
• Awareness raising / conducting Orientation programs
• Building Code compliance checklist
• Field supervision