Tag: #rebuilding
Articles tagged with #rebuilding
Bhaktapur 2.0
The ancient town rebuilt its own monuments while much of Kathmandu Valley relied on outside help
Building back (not) better after 2015
Eight years after the earthquake, many new settlements for survivors are ghost towns
Foundations for sustainable buildings in Nepal
Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya. Photos: ABARIIt was 2AM on 11 June when a 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook Kathmandu residents from their sleep, but…
Concrete lessons of 2015
SCENIC, BUT ALSO SEISMIC: Kyanjin in Langtang Valley has resurrected after the 2015 earthquake, but even in this remote area, most of the…
Lessons still not learnt
Photos: BIKRAM RAI/NEPALI TIMESEarthquakes are inevitable in Nepal. It is not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when’. And ‘when’ was 2:28PM on 15…
Grow back greener
The pandemic offers us the chance to tread lighter on the land allow nature to restore itself
Langtang revives its cheese heritage
Photo: KUNDA DIXITIt was the spring of 2015, and the trekking season was off to a good start. There was a long line of hikers on the trail along…
Langtang copes with quake and Covid
Six years after deadly avalanche, survivors endure the Covid-induced collapse of tourism
Rebuilding Kathmandu after the 1934 quake
Before 1934, the old quarter of Kathmandu was compact and densely populated. All photos: IMAGES OF THE CENTURYThe way Nepal’s Rana rulers went…
Resurrecting Kasthamandap from the rubble
It was a quiet Saturday morning, and people were lining up for a blood donation drive inside the historic pavilion from which Kathmandu gets its…
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…
The story of Langtang cheese
My name is Gyalbu Tamang, and I was born in Kyangjin Gompa of Langtang Valley. I am now 44. My father Pasang Norbu worked in the cheese factory…
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…
The courage and endurance of the Langtangpa
Hanging new prayer flags near the old chorten and the newer post-earthquake Memorial Wall in Langtang village on the final day of Losar…
Will politicians pass the COVID-19 test?
Just like the 2015 earthquake, COVID-19 is an exam for leaders to prove their worth
Epicentre of two disasters in West Nepal
Sodasha Higher Secondary School in western Nepal is undergoing retrofitting as an earthquake preparedness model for future quakes in the region.…
Good as old after two earthquakes
Patan’s historic temple is not just being rebuilt, but restored to its pre-1934 look
Tall Order
Pic: BIKRAM RAISuresh Shakya (pictured above) was sitting down for lunch with his family in his house in Itum Bahal four years ago when there…
Shaking up the health sector
Nepal’s hospitals have not even recovered from the 2015 earthquake, and now need to be ready for the Next Big One
Lessons Unlearnt
Photo: BIKRAM RAIFour years later, Central Nepal is still being rocked by aftershocks of 2015. That peculiar earthquake shook everything to the…
Ground zero in Pheta
Unprecedented, but not unforeseen
Disastrous management in Nepal
Photo: RSST he tornado that killed dozens of people on the night of 31 March highlighted Nepal’s vulnerability to disasters. It proved that…
4 years after quake, Sankhu rises from the dust
Of all the parts of Kathmandu Valley worst hit in the April 2015 earthquake was the historic town of Sankhu. But this is also where elected…
Nepal’s milk heartland rebounds
Four years later, Kavre’s quake-affected dairy farmers are back in business with new fodder cultivation