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2015 a lost opportunity to build a resilient Nepal

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Title:
2015 a lost opportunity to build a resilient Nepal
Creator:
Sangroula, Sangeet ( Author, Primary )
Place of Publication:
Kathmandu
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myRepublica
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© 2015, Nepal Republic Media Pvt. Ltd.
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English

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Subjects / Keywords:
एशिया -- नेपाल
Asie -- Népal
Reconstruction and development ( SWAY )
Nepal -- Economic development ( LCSH )
Nepal -- Repair and reconstruction ( LCSH )
पुन:निर्माण तथा विकास ( SWAY )
National Reconstruction Authority ( SWAY )
Nepal. Rāṣṭriya punanirmāṇa prādhikaraṇa
राष्ट्रिय पुननिर्माण प्राधिकरण ( SWAY )
Genre:
Newspaper report ( SWAY )
Temporal Coverage:
20150425 - 20151230
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Nepal
Coordinates:
28.166667 x 84.25

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General Note:
Funded by GCRF (Global Challenges Research Fund) through AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council), Grant number AH/P003648/1, as "After the Earth's Violent Sway: the tangible and intangible legacies of a natural disaster", Dr. Michael Hutt, Principal Investigator.

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SOAS University of London
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Kathmandu after the sfnccficrc oaftapsfid in the April earthquake.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: The powerful earthquake in April claimed over 9,000 lives
and caused billions of rupees of damage to public and private properties.

Although many people had thought that the government would devote itself to the
task of reconstruction and rehabilitation as soon as the initial chaos precipitated by
the devastation receded, nothing of the sort happened.

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â–  ft, D espite th e fa ct th at th e quake struck
in the early part of the year, no
serious steps were taken toward
reconstruction and rehabilitation in
2015. In a way, the year was a lost
opportunity in terms of putting the
nation and, particularly, the worst-
hit areas back on track.

Even eight months after the disaster,
over 600,000 earthquake victims in

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the 14 most-affected districts and several other places are still living in temporary
shelters in the freezing weather.

Although the government recently appointed the chief of the Reconstruction
Authority after several months of political bickering, the task of reconstruction and
rehabilitation is still mired in partisan interests.

Soon after the disaster, the Sushil Koirala-led government held a donor conference to
collect funds for rebuilding earthquake-ravaged infrastructures and resettling the
victims. In the conference held on June 25, various countries and development
partners pledged financial support of over Rs 400 billion to Nepal, which was 60 per
cent of the estimated amount necessary for the overall tasks of reconstruction and
rehabilitation. The Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) prepared by the
government before the donor conference estimated that Rs 669 billion would be
needed for the task.

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establishment of National Reconstruction Authority. The way the government acted

rehabilitation work would take place with similar urgency.

But the government was able to appoint the first head of the reconstruction authority
only 111 days after the April quake as major political parties were at odds over whom
to appoint the CEO.

Owing to the inter-party disputes, the authority was dissolved as the previous
government couldn't replace the ordinance with a regular bill on reconstruction
authority to be passed by the parliament within three months of the issuance of the
ordinance.

The then major opposition UCPN (Maoist) showed reservations over some provisions
in the ordinance and did not let the parliament endorse it. As a result, the ordinance
expired, making the Authority defunct.

On August, a bill on the Authority was tabled at the parliament. But the wrangling
among major political parties, including Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and UCPN
(Maoist), delayed its passage.

While Nepali Congress was for giving continuity to the same CEO appointed by the
then Koirala-led government, CPN-UML and UCPN (Maoist) were for formulating
new act that would require appointing a new CEO.

As it took a long time for the bill to get endorsed, the government decided to entrust
National Planning Commission (NPC) to oversee the tasks related to reconstruction
and rehabilitation until the authority was formed and a new was CEO appointed. But
as it was not mandated to carry out real tasks of reconstruction and rehabilitation, the
NPC was limited to carrying out only administrative tasks.

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The major political parties, especially the NC and the CPN-UML, continued to bicker
over the appointment of the chief of the authority who would enjoy sweeping powers
while carrying out the reconstruction of the quake-ravaged infrastructures such as
heritage sites and public and private buildings.

The reconstruction authority bill was passed on December 17 after major political
parties reached a deal, paving the way for carrying out the tasks of reconstruction and
rehabilitation.

On December 25, a week after the endorsement of the bill, the government appointed

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Sushil Gyewali as the CEO of the authority. But Gyewali himself has said that it will
take some time for the authority to begin the tasks of reconstruction and
rehabilitation as the body is yet to recruit staff and formulate necessary regulations in
accordance with the relevant bill endorsed by the parliament.

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