Tag: #2015 earthquake
Articles tagged with #2015 earthquake
From one disaster to the next
Nepal’s district bordering China was recovering from the 2015 earthquake when it was hit last month by climate calamities
11:56 25 April 2015
The 7.7M quake in Burma is a reminder that earthquakes are a regular phenomenon along the Himalayan arc, and there is a seismic gap in western Nepal where a mega quake is long overdue.
Falling through the cracks
ALL PHOTOS: AMIT MACHAMASIThe historic town of Harisiddhi is just 2km from the Ring Road, and still bears the scars of the earthquake from seven…
Rebuilding resilience 7 years later
Now that we are wrapping up reconstruction after 2015, we need to focus on building a disaster resilient Nepal
Nepal sees spike in suicides during pandemic
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALATwo years ago after going through a bad relationship, a 36-year-old Kathmandu-based doctor started getting suicidal…
Kathmandu loses its open spaces
Tundikhel in 1921. Photo: Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya archive.The tragic death tolls from two recent earthquakes in the Greater Himalaya should…
The spirit that is fire
Laxman Ranjit walks on past the Kasthamandap, one of the Valley’s oldest buildings, from which the city gets its name. There are days when he…
Building back a beyul in Tsum
The school in Bihi that was destroyed in the 2015 earthquake being reconstructed using traditional building methods and designs. Photos: Sonam…
Lessons not learned from 2015
The clock is ticking on the next Big One, but most schools are not prepared for disasters
Be prepared
Earthquake Safety Day 2004 coverage. Photo: NEPALI TIMES #178 Nepal’s National Earthquake Safety Day commemorates 15 January 1934, the day when…
Youth-led feeding campaign spreads across Nepal
The 100's Group has been feeding 600 people every day at Khula March for the past five months from donations. Photos: Ansu Yadav FacebookAnsu…
Building back Rani Pokhari even better
https://youtu.be/27DSJhsNLYgFive years after the earthquake destroyed its central temple, the 350-year-old Rani Pokhari royal pond at the centre…
Turning a shrine into a temple of learning
Tripurasundari Temple in Kathmandu undergoing restoration. Photo: LOCHAN RIJALOn 25 April 2015, when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, aside…
Five years after avalanche, Langtang is locked down
The Dorje Bakery and Coffee Shop in Kyangjin Gumba after it was rebuilt following the earthquake and avalanche in 2015. Minutes before noon on…
Born again after the earthquake
National paralympian Ramesh Khatri. PHOTO: UPASANA KHADKAI cannot believe that it has been five years since I lay in that darkness, underneath…
Will politicians pass the COVID-19 test?
Just like the 2015 earthquake, COVID-19 is an exam for leaders to prove their worth
Rebuilding five years after 2015 quake
Photo: BIKRAM RAIOn 15 March, a 5 magnitude earthquake struck Lumle near Pokhara. The National Seismological Centre said this was not the usual…
Thimi’s urban tissue
In this impressively detailed and visually arresting study, Mohan Pant makes a convincing scholarly case for why social and cultural traditions…
Houseful
Pic: GORAKH BISTAKathmandu is bursting at the seams, there is almost no room left to move. A lesson from the 2015 earthquake was that survivors…
Nepal is being loved to death
Four years after the earthquake, we Nepalis have got really good at playing victim
Nepal’s milk heartland rebounds
Four years later, Kavre’s quake-affected dairy farmers are back in business with new fodder cultivation
Our past is our future
Photo: HANS HOFERCommunities in Kathmandu Valley’s historic towns have revived age-old traditions and craftsmanship to rebuild after every…
Learning from Nepal's past to rebuild its future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csrbcdCBW4IIt has been nearly four years after the 2015 earthquake, and media reports about reconstruction of…
AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET
Photo: Nature CommunicationsWhat makes Nepal scenic is also what makes it seismic. The country is located in one of the most vulnerable regions…