Nepali Times
Domestic Brief
Expect the worst


Here's something to worry about. A report by the Japan International Co-operative Agency (JICA) says over 20 percent houses in Kathmandu Valley will be destroyed if an earthquake of the same intensity-8.4 on the Richter scale-as that in 1934, hits the region again. JICA prepared the report at the request of the Home Ministry, which wanted to assess possible damage to prepare ways to minimise the impact. The final report is due next year. According to JICA's early findings about 54,025 houses will be completely damaged and another 74,927 of the total 2.56 million houses in the Valley will be slightly affected. It also predicts that Bhaktapur will suffer the heaviest damage and could lose 27 percent of its buildings. Kathmandu and Lalitpur are predicted to lose 20 percent each. Damage of that scale could leave over 17,000 dead and over 50,000 seriously injured. And after the quake will come disease, which could prove even deadlier.


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(11 JAN 2013 - 17 JAN 2013)


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