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PASCO CORPORATION US$ 1.00 = Nepalese Rupee (NPR) 103.47 = Japanese Yen ¥ 112.72 (October, 2017) Location Map of Project Area Nepal Kathmandu Kathmandu District Kathmandu Bhaktapur District Kirtipur Bhaktap ur Madhyapur Thimi Lalitpu Kathmandu Valley district line City line Lalitpur District Village line The Project on Rehabilitation and Recovery from Nepal Earthquake FINAL REPORT (OUTPUT1~3) MAIN REPORT Executive Summary 1. Background and Purpose 1.1. Background of the Project On 25th April 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred and its epicentre was in the Gorkha District which is approximately 77km northwest of Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. Due to several aftershocks, devastating damage was recorded. The total number of deaths was 8,702, the number of injuries was 22,303; there were approximately 500,000 totally collapsed houses and 260,000 partially collapsed houses. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) dispatched a fact finding mission to Nepal from the 1st of May to conduct a needs assessment related to rehabilitation and reconstruction and to develop the contents of urgent projects. Furthermore, JICA shared a concept with the Nepalese side that the timing before the rehabilitation and reconstruction phase is the opportunity to develop a more resilient society than the pre-disaster phase; a concept that was based on the “Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” adopted by the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai in March 2015, and “Sendai Cooperation Initiative for Disaster Risk Reduction” stated by the Japanese government. In response to the official request from GON to the Government of Japan, JICA has started implementation of this Project, which is based on the on the Record of Discussion (R/D) signed on 15th June 2015 and its amendment signed on 4th March, 2016. 1.2. Purpose of the Project The purpose of the Project is to comprehensively support the process of early rehabilitation and reconstruction of the affected areas and the formulation of a disaster resilient nation and society by referring to the experience and lessons learned from the disasters and reconstruction in Japan. 1.3. Outputs of the Project The Project is comprised of four outputs as indicated in the following table. While activities for Output 4 are still under implementation as of September 2017, this Report presents the results of Outputs 1 to 3. ES-1 The Project on Rehabilitation and Recovery from Nepal Earthquake FINAL REPORT (OUTPUT1~3) MAIN REPORT Table 1 Components of the Project Output 1: Formulation of national level and district level plans Output 2: Promotion and dissemination of seismic resistant buildings and structures Setting of expected disaster (Setting expected earthquake Investigation for the necessity of updating codes for seismic disaster and risk assessment based on the result of “The Project resistant housing, buildings such as schools, infrastructures such for Assessment of Earthquake Disaster Risk for Kathmandu as roads and bridges, and lifelines Valley in Nepal” and expected landslide hazard by the Formulation of a guideline for seismic resistant housing and formulation of landslide hazard maps） school buildings (herein after the seismic resistant building Formulation of Kathmandu Valley Resilient plan (KVRP) guideline) Formulation of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Plan (RRP) Investigation of a subsidy system and mechanism for in two districts disseminating a seismic resistant building guideline Institutional capacity development for the formulation and Human resource development for seismic resistant housing and implementation of the above-mentioned plans and designs school buildings (Including developing curriculum and textbooks, and the implementation of a training programme） Output 3: Formulation of prioritized reconstruction project Output 4: Formulation and implementation of Quick Impact (Programme grant aid) Projects（QIPs） Selection of prioritized reconstruction project plans Formulation of QIPs Design and approximate cost estimation of the prioritized Implementation of QIPs reconstruction project plans Source: JICA Project Team 2. Work Items Common for All Outputs 2.1. Social Survey 2.1.1. Outline of the Social Survey A series of social surveys were conducted in the districts of Gorkha and Sindhupalchok in order to understand basic information at the VDC level and to utilize this in examining the contents of assistance through the Project. Table 2 Outline of the Social Survey Type of Survey and Information to be Collected Number of Target VDCs Survey Period Quick Survey General situation and access to local natural and social 32VDCs (14 in Gorkha District and Aug. - Sep. 2015 resources and damages caused by the earthquake. 18 in Sindhupalchok District) Detailed Survey Detailed information on the situation of recovery from the 14VDCs (2 in Gorkha District and 12 Jan. - Feb. 2016 earthquake, and those related to the reconstruction of housings in SindhupalchokDistrict Source: JICA Project Team 2.2. Knowledge Co-Creation Programme in Japan Knowledge Co-Creation Programmes in Japan were conducted with support and cooperation from Japanese local governments and central governments in order to strengthen the capacity of rehabilitation and recovery from earthquake through sharing knowledge and experience with Nepalese government officials. The outline is shown in Table 3. ES-2 The Project on Rehabilitation and Recovery from Nepal Earthquake FINAL REPORT (OUTPUT1~3) MAIN REPORT Table 3 Outline of Knowledge Co-Creation Programme in Japan SN Schedule Participants (Person) Objective Activities 1st 27th Nov. – NRA : 4 Developing an understanding Resilient Plan of National 7th Dec. KVDA : 1 about the cooperation of level, Resilient Plan and 2016 DUDBC : 1 related organizations in Regional Revitalization of Local government : DDC resilient plan. Prefecture level and City (Gorkha, Sindhupalchok) : 2 Developing an Understanding level. each about the Rehabilitation and Cooperation with private Total : 10 Recovery Plan and enterprises. implementation process after Rehabilitation and Recovery the disaster. Plan and implementation process of each local government. Site observation 2nd 7th Mar. – NRA : 2 Sharing the current Nepalese Role of National level 16th Mar. MoFALD : 1 situation of rehabilitation and (Reconstruction Agency), 2017 MoHA : 1 recovery in Sendai Disaster prefecture level, city level MoF : 1 Reduction Future Forum and community level. Local government : DDC 2017. Cooperation with private (Gorkha, Sindhupalchok) : 1 Developing an understanding enterprises. each, about the Rehabilitation and Site observation WCO (Gorkha, Recovery Plan and Sindhupalchok) : 1 each, implementation process after DADO (Gorkha, the disaster. Sindhupalchok) : 1 each, Developing an understanding Barpak VDC : 1 about the idea of "disaster Total 12 prevention" for future disasters. 3rd 11th Sep.– NRA : 4 To Understand the Present Transition of earthquake 19th Sep. MoUD : 1 Situation of the Rehabilitation countermeasures, 2017 MoPIT : 1 and Efforts from the Area Specific cases after the MoF : 1 Affected 1 year ago Great Hanshin-Awaji Local government : Lalitpur To Understand the Process of Earthquake, Municipality : 1, DDC the Rehabilitation and Dissemination of self-help / (Sindhupalchok) : 1, Problems from the Area public aid and mutual WCO (Gorkha, Affected 20 years ago assistance, Sindhupalchok) : 1 each, Specific measures such as DLSO (Gorkha) : 1 landslide and livestock, Total 12 Site observation in Kobe City and Kumamoto prefecture Source: JICA Project Team 2.3. Publicity Project news updates were prepared for the JICA web-site and Facebook of JICA Nepal Office as publicity activities. The project news updates on the JICA web-site targets Japanese citizens and Japanese media, and were posted in Japanese. 3. Formulation of National Level and District level Plans 3.1. Satellite Imagery Preparation and Geo-Information Collecting Collection of district-wise damage data, procurement of existing and newly captured Satellite Imageries (before and after the earthquake), and collection of the related Geo-Information were implemented for the ES-3 The Project on Rehabilitation and Recovery from Nepal Earthquake FINAL REPORT (OUTPUT1~3) MAIN REPORT preparation of Kathmandu Valley Reconstruction Support Map, and Hazard Maps in the districts of Gorkha and Sindhupalchok. In this activity, the Project Team closely coordinated with the Nepal Geo-Information from the Survey Department (SD) of Nepal. For the effective utilization of the Geo-Information, the Project Team requested SD of Nepal and the Nepal Mapping Committee to scrutinize the Kathmandu Valley Reconstruction Support Map. 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