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“...Mount
Everest have been repaired with lighter and less expensive
materials like the tin walls on the outside, and plywood on
the inside.
Critical Community Responses
The Sagarmatha Sarokar Samaj (SSS) describes itself, on
their Facebook page, as ‘a civil organization representing
the people of Namche, Khumjung, Chaurikharka, Jubing,
and Taksindo VDCs, established to advocate and support
sustainable development, good governance, human rights,
and social inclusion.’ It was formed shortly before the first
earthquake, and presented its letter of demands, advocat-
ing for sustainable development in the Everest region, to
the then Prime Minister Shushil Koirala. The post-earth-
quake reality halted the SSS’s progress on these previously
set goals. The earthquake, however, also opened space on
the Web to be critical of how the community reacted to the
distribution of emergency relief goods. On May 4, 2015, SSS
wrote on their Facebook page:
Ten days passed since the disastrous earthquake.
Observation...”
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