21.5.15
Where is Nepal aid money going? Billions will be needed to rebuild Nepal after two deadly earthquakes in as many weeks. But what will happen to the money flowing into a country where corruption is seen as "endemic"? Read a report by BBC.
19.5.15
In Nepal, uncertainty, fear settle like dust following aftershock: "For families across Nepal who have been left homeless, the aftershock damaged their hopes of piecing their lives together anytime soon. Beyond the physical damage, uncertainty about the future unsettles millions of Nepalese", writes Bhrikuti Rai.
18.5.2015
Will there be enough zinc sheets for the victims of the Nepal Earthquakes? What Nepals central government shoukd do before the monsoon is described in this editorial.
16.5.15
Nepal Emergency Operation Centre now counts nearly 500 000 fully damaged private houses and more than 260 000 partially damaged.
“How do we cook this rice if we don’t have our daughter to bring us firewood?” Anup Kaphle writes about the survivors in Laprak, a village in Gorka district. Read more.
15.5.15
The challenge now is to provide both short-term shelter and long-term housing, mainly in rural areas but also in ravaged urban centres. The fact that so many of the reinforced concrete buildings are standing and the traditional clay-mortar brick houses crumbled after the earthquakes has bolstered public perception that concrete is good. That would be fine, except that reinforced concrete construction demand that rules about preparing and using cement are strictly followed. Read more in Nepali Times.
The Nepal earthquakes have unleashed a mental health disaster
"Shaken - but strong": Nepali Times about "the resilient and self-reliant spirit of the Nepali people". Read and see.
2nd tremor halts renovation works: In Chitwan the ongoing repair and renovation works of the Manakamana Temple has been completely halted due to cracks after the second earthquake. Manakamana cable car service has been shut.
14.5.15:
Gorkha folks piecing together their lives: How people in Simjung village are helping themselves after the second earthquake.
13.5.15:
Nagakot takes on a deserted look following the massive earthquake: Majority of the hotels and resorts at Nagarkot which lies at the north-eastern border of Bhaktapur and Kavre districts have been leveled by the quakes. Hotel Snowman, Hotel Spa Mountain, Naldum Village Resort, Hotel View Point, Hotel Green Valley, Panorama View and The Fort Resort have turned into rubbles while Hotel Unkai Resort, The Niva Pvt, Hotel Chautari, Club Himalaya among others have also suffered partial damages.
12.5.15
Another heavy earthquake has rocked Nepal: 76 deaths were reported from 11 districts until Tuesday evening and more than 2300 injured. In Dolakha District - the epicenter - alone Police counted 34 dead people. Dolakha and Sindhupalchok districts have been mostly affected. The earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Nepal at 12.50 pm local time. See landslides near Dolakha.
US-army helicopter with eight people on board is missing.
At Sallaghari, Bhaktapur a building collapsed. Most of the houses at Madhyapur Thimi area in Bhaktapur suffered massive damages.
5 storey Kumbheswor temple in Patan had survived the first earthquake, but on Tuesday the top tier fell down too. Near New Buspark in Kathmandu a nine storey building collapsed.
At the Gonggabu area, at least six tall hotels and houses have fallen while dozens of houses have subsided. Om Kar Policlinic collapsed. Hotel Gauri Horaison in Charikot looks badly. @Chitwanchoclate reports, that Araniko bank building, Bhimeshwor Hotel United, hotel Paradise are down in Charikot. In Dolakha, two buildings housing Sangam Hotel, Nepal Bank Limited and Araniko Development Bank collapsed while five people are believed to have been buried under the rubble of Paradise Hotel. Most buildings of hotels including Motherland, United, Cho-Rolpa, Image, Kings and Chilankha are on the verge of collapse. The quake has affected most of the buildings located in Charighyang and Saatdobato. See video of rockslide near Dhunche..
Nepal: A Traveler’s Memories: Video KathmanWith du before the Quake
8.5.15
Appeal of Chief Secretary of Government of Nepal: "The government requests all fellow countrymen to collectively respond to this humanitarian crisis. United we stand; divided we fall. With a stronger government, our national capabilities to deal with foreigners will be strengthened. This is our elected government; we have no choice but to make it more resilient, efficient and capable. If we join hands, it becomes more capable. If we don't, it becomes weak and the resulting vacuum will be occupied by someone else. This will neither be in your interest, nor mine, nor in the interest of our beloved country." Read more.
5.5.15
Nepal quake survivors face threat from human traffickers supplying sex trade: Criminal networks using cover of rescue effort to target poor rural communities in country from which an estimated 15,000 girls are trafficked a year, warn NGOs
4.5.15
Nepal Police has released the names of foreign nationals who were injured or deceased after the earthquake.
"No one has come": one week on, Nepal quake victims help themselves". Report from Swarathok village.
3.5.2015
Most buildings in Kathmandu deemed uninhabitable or unsafe following quake. Survey by local engineers indicates: More than three-quarters of the buildings in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, are uninhabitable or unsafe following the 7.9-magnitude earthquake.
The Nepal government’s slow disaster response has meant that aid hasn’t reached the people. Public anger is growing in Kathmandu and in provincial towns and there is a risk that the frustration will boil over.
2.5.2015
Moving: A Malaysian guy reports on a blog, how his trekking group survived the earthquake in the area of Langtang, at "Landslide hotel" and had to get out on their own feet and he shows the devastation with his pictures.
Nepal quake: aid finally begins to arrive in remote villages, sent by locals
Hell in the hinterlands: Weena Pun reports from Nibu village in Sindhupalchok. "The houses made of stones and earth, typical in the rural hills, had been flattened". The village is cut off from power and local and central government, no one knows, whats going on and if help is to reach all the victims. Follow news about Sindhuhalpchok on Twitter.
Picture by Mohan Gyawali on FacebookDestruction and relief materials in Sindhupalchok
Nepal's Bhaktapur picks up the pieces with bare hands
1.5.2015
Nepal earthquake fails to shake child goddess from her home
30.4.2015
For Nepal’s sake, don’t bulldoze the ruins. Rebuild these exquisite shrines
28.4.2015
Boat rides and paraglides an hour from Nepal quake epicentre
A friend in need: China, India turn on aid diplomacy in Nepal
Quake moves Kathmandu 3 metres to south
27.4.2015:
Nepal's Kathmandu valley treasures: Before and after
Fears for Nepal's 'invisible' Tibetan refugees
26.4.2015:
Aftershocks terrify survivors of quake that killed 2,500
25.4.2015:
More than 1,900 killed by 7.8-magnitude quake in Nepal.
Read more:
Terrible Loss of Lifes and of Cultural Buildings after Strong Earthquake in Nepal - More than 6600 People died
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