Abstract
Natural disaster is an ongoing phenomenon and among many, the earthquake is one. Nepal holds 11th position in the world as an earthquake prone country because of its geological formations. This paper endeavours to analyse the ongoing reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts taken by Nepal Government after the massive earthquake of 2015. The quest of Building Back Better (BBB) under the resurrection schemes for families, whose houses have been collapsed and challenges are encountered per se, following the statutory enactment and underlying opportunity and threats have been diagnosed in this paper. This study is based upon the field research done in course of conducting 90 different Community Mobile Legal Clinics (CMLCs) in the house of the earthquake victims in three most crisis hit districts i.e. Sindhupalchwok, Gorkha and Bhaktapur, where these clinics were designed to meet triad objectives of legal awareness, consultations and legal aids. The study further attempts to reflect the functions of National Reconstruction Authority for excelling the pace of reconstruction.
Highlights
On Saturday, 25 April 2015 at 11:56 of local time, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake- as recorded by Nepal’s National Seismological Centre (NSC)-struck Barpak, a hilly place in the historic district of Gorkha[1].The catastrophic earthquake was followed by more than 400 aftershocks greater than the magnitude of 4.0
Four aftershocks were greater than 6.0 magnitude, including one measuring 6.8with the epicentre in the Dolakha district and it struck 17 days after the first big one[2]
An analysis of the data of each affected district were framed, in combination with the data on population, which reveals that the average values of disaster was more
Summary
On Saturday, 25 April 2015 at 11:56 of local time, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake- as recorded by Nepal’s National Seismological Centre (NSC)-struck Barpak, a hilly place in the historic district of Gorkha[1].The catastrophic earthquake was followed by more than 400 aftershocks greater than the magnitude of 4.0. Even in few VDCs, village secretaries, who are the focal point for providing support to earthquake victims, too were unaware about the updated government plans, policies and procedures of dealing different legal issues. Those earthquake victims, who have signed the housing grant agreement, did not know what are the terms and conditions stipulated there and their legal obligations, which have been discussed in the following headings in detail
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