Kathmandu,
Mar. 27: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) said on Tuesday that it
was planning to run a special campaign for retrofitting houses damaged by the
devastating Gorkha Earthquake 2015.
It has
decided to execute a separate campaign for retrofitting private houses that faced
minor damage in the tremors but are fit to live in with general maintenance. It
has concluded that though there had been significant progress in the
reconstruction, retrofitting couldn’t catch the desired speed.
According to
the statistics of the reconstruction body, about 24,991 houses in 32 districts
are in the retrofitting list.
“Development
partner organisations like the DFID, UNOPS and Build Change have agreed to
support the NRA in the retrofitting initiative, and we have a plan to train
2,000 technicians and 12,000 masons within two years,” said the NRA.
About 1,000
quake-affected houses will be retrofitted during the training. While
retrofitting by the trainees, houses of the deprived communities at risk, as
identified by the local governments, will be given priority.
UNOPS has submitted
the proposal of the retrofitting programme to the NRA. The Housing, Settlement
Development and Local Infrastructure Division of the reconstruction body will
study the proposal and send it to the Central Programme Implementation Unit at
the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) within a week.
“Currently,
the NRA, CPIL-MoUD, UNOPS, DFID and Build Change are developing a curriculum
for the retrofitting training, and it will be finalised by the first week of
April,” said Prakash Thapa, joint secretary of the Authority.
After
preparing the curriculum, training will begin at four different locations.
Makwanpur,
Kavrepalanchowk, Sindhuli, Ramechhap and Gorkha have the highest number of
houses that need retrofitting while Myagdi, Nawalparasi, Arghakhanchi, Dhankuta
and Baglung have less than 100 house each that need retrofitting.
Districts with high retrofitting needs
S.N.
|
District
|
Houses
|
1.
|
Makwanpur
|
4,152
|
2.
|
Kavrepalanchowk
|
2,415
|
3.
|
Sindhuli
|
2,408
|
4.
|
Ramechhap
|
2,149
|
5.
|
Gorkha
|
2,019
|
6.
|
Okhaldhunga
|
1,643
|
7.
|
Dhading
|
1,494
|
8.
|
Nuwakot
|
936
|
9.
|
Lalitpur
|
667
|
10.
|
Dolakha
|
637
|
Source: NRA
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 28 March 2018.
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