earthquake-reconstruction

Rebuilding better than before

Rohit Ranjitkar’s book is a pictorial documentation of the restoration of Kathmandu’s monuments after the 2015 earthquake

Kunda Dixit

Preserving Patan post-earthquake

Much of Kathmandu’s centuries-old architectural heritage was destroyed in 45 seconds on a Saturday afternoon in 2015. Many of the temples built by the Malla kings in...

Tri-Chandra's run down state is a microcosm of Nepal

The country's oldest college is falling apart, an apt symbol of neglect and apathy

Sahina Shrestha

Langtang copes with quake and Covid

Six years after deadly avalanche, survivors endure the Covid-induced collapse of tourism

Kunda Dixit

Patan school built back better

The 2015 earthquake damaged 7,923 schools and 49,681 classrooms in 14 districts in Central Nepal. Of these, 6,085 schools have been rebuilt...

Reviewing lessons of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake

The earthquake struck at 11:56 on 25 April 2015, just as 50 young people were donating blood inside Kasthmandap. Eleven of those...

Nepal is being loved to death

Four years after the earthquake, we Nepalis have got really good at playing victim

Anil Chitrakar

The baker of Barpak

After a night of rain, the clouds move quickly up the mountains to the village of Barpak. Mingled with the monsoon mist...

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