The 2015 Gorkha Nepal Earthquake: Insights from Earthquake Damage Survey
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Damage Mapping of April 2015 Nepal Earthquake Using Small
J-Rapid Final Workshop 21 June, 2016, Kathmandu Inventory mapping of landslides induced by the Gorkha earthquake 2015 and a proposal for hazard mapping of future landslides for making a plan of better reconstruction "Impact on infrastructure by Gorkha earthquake 2015 induced landslides" Masahiro CHIGIRA Masahiro CHIGIRA Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University Kyoto University Vishnu DANGOL Vishnu DANGOL Professor, Department of Geology, Professor, Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University Objective 1. to make an inventory mapping on landslides, cracks, and landslide dams induced by the Nepal earthquake and to investigate their formative mechanisms 2. to detect displaced areas of slope surfaces, of which future susceptibility to landslides would be evaluated on the basis of geology, geomorphology, and groundwater conditions. 3. propose a methodology of hazard mapping for earthquake-induced landslides in Nepal. Members (Japan side) 1. Masahiro CHIGIRA (Kyoto Univ.) PI Applied Geology 2. Daisuke HIGAKI (Hirosaki Univ.) Landslide control 3. Hiroshi YAGI (Yamagata Univ.) Landslide susceptibility mapping 4. Akihiko WAKAI (Gunma Univ.) Geotechnical analysis of landslide 5. Hiroshi, P. SATO (Nihon Univ.) Remote sensing 6. Go, SATO (Teikyo Heisei Univ.) Geomorphology 7. Ching-Ying, TSOU (Hirosaki Univ.) GIS analysis 8. Akiyo YATAGAI (Res. Inst. Humanity and Nature) Meteorology Members (Nepali side) 1. Vishnu DANGOL (Tribhuvan Univ.) PI Applied Geology 2. Smajwal BAJRACHARYA (ICIMOD) Remote sensing 3. Shanmukhesh Chandra AMATYA (DWIDP) Hydrogeology 4. Tuk Lal ADHIKARI (ITECO-Nepal) Geotechnical Field survey • Trishuli River catchment from Trishuli to Syabrubesi (29 October to 1 November, 2015) • Sun Kosi and Bhote Kosi River catchments from Bansaghu to Kodari. -
All Change at Rasuwa Garhi Sam Cowan [email protected]
Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies Volume 33 | Number 1 Article 14 Fall 2013 All Change at Rasuwa Garhi Sam Cowan [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya Recommended Citation Cowan, Sam (2013) "All Change at Rasuwa Garhi," Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies: Vol. 33: No. 1, Article 14. Available at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol33/iss1/14 This Research Report is brought to you for free and open access by the DigitalCommons@Macalester College at DigitalCommons@Macalester College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Macalester College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Research Report | All Change at Rasuwa Garhi Sam Cowan From time immemorial, pilgrims, traders, artisans, and Kyirong to aid the transshipment of goods and to carry religious teachers going to Lhasa from Kathmandu had to out major trading on their own account. Jest records that decide between two main routes. One roughly followed as late as 1959 there were forty five Newar households in the line of the present road to Kodari, crossed the border Kyirong and forty in Kuti (Jest 1993). where Friendship Bridge is built and followed a steep trail The two routes were used for the invasion of Tibet in 1788 to Kuti (Tib. Nyalam). Loads were carried by porters up to and 1791 by the forces of the recently formed Gorkha this point but pack animals were used for the rest of the state under the direction of Bahadur Shah, which led to journey. -
Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2021 (ENGLISH EDITION) (This Report Covers the Period - January to December 2020)
Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2021 (ENGLISH EDITION) (This Report Covers the Period - January to December 2020) Editor-In-Chief Shree Ram Bajagain Editor Aarya Adhikari Editorial Team Govinda Prasad Tripathee Ramesh Prasad Timalsina Data Analyst Anuj KC Cover/Graphic Designer Gita Mali For Human Rights and Social Justice Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) Nagarjun Municipality-10, Syuchatar, Kathmandu POBox : 2726, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: +977-1-5218770 Fax:+977-1-5218251 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.insec.org.np; www.inseconline.org All materials published in this book may be used with due acknowledgement. First Edition 1000 Copies February 19, 2021 © Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) ISBN: 978-9937-9239-5-8 Printed at Dream Graphic Press Kathmandu Contents Acknowledgement Acronyms and Abbreviations Foreword CHAPTERS Chapter 1 Situation of Human Rights in 2020: Overall Assessment Accountability Towards Commitment 1 Review of the Social and Political Issues Raised in the Last 29 Years of Nepal Human Rights Year Book 25 Chapter 2 State and Human Rights Chapter 2.1 Judiciary 37 Chapter 2.2 Executive 47 Chapter 2.3 Legislature 57 Chapter 3 Study Report 3.1 Status of Implementation of the Labor Act at Tea Gardens of Province 1 69 3.2 Witchcraft, an Evil Practice: Continuation of Violence against Women 73 3.3 Natural Disasters in Sindhupalchok and Their Effects on Economic and Social Rights 78 3.4 Problems and Challenges of Sugarcane Farmers 82 3.5 Child Marriage and Violations of Child Rights in Karnali Province 88 36 Socio-economic -
Study on Kodari Scheme of Rikaze-Kathmandu Railway
2017 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment Protection (ICSEEP 2017) ISBN: 978-1-60595-464-6 Study on Kodari Scheme of Rikaze-Kathmandu Railway Location Yaoping ZHANG1,a 1Institute of Vacuum Tube Transport, Xijing University, Xi’an 710123, China a [email protected] Keywords: Rikaze, Kathmandu, Railway location, Rack rail, Linear motor, Himalaya tunnel Abstract: Building Rikaze-Kathmandu Railway will change the broken road situation of Lasa-Rikaze Railway, activate the potential of Qingzang Railway, have Tibet as well as Lasa and Rikaze become the node of south Asia channel of “One Belt and One Road”, strengthen commercial trade and bilateral relations between China and Nepal. It is the shortest route for Rikaze-Kathmandu railway to go through Zhangmu port. By primary analysis, the feasible route should extend from the current Rikaze railway station, going through Qumei county, entering into the current G318 highway belt, then going through Jiding, Liuxiang and Resa, arriving Lazi. The route extends from Lazi, then goes through Jiacuola mountain by tunnel with 45km length, going through Jiacuo county and arriving Dingri. After Dingri, the route extends to west along with Pengqu river valley, going through Zhaguo, then arriving Gangga. Extending to southwest from Gangga, the route goes under Labujikang peak by a 42km tunnel, then arriving Yalai, then Nielamu and Zhangmu. The nature gradient between Nielamu and Zhangmu is 110‰, line mileage 20km, thus the rack rail technology or the linear motor driving should be considered for train to climb the steep slope more than 110‰. Another possible scheme is to build an 88km tunnel with a 28‰ gradient between Gangga and Zhangmu for going under Himalaya, so as to avoid the 110‰ steep slope between Nielamu-Zhangmu. -
49215-001: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project
Environmental Assessment Document Initial Environmental Examination Loan: 3260 July 2017 Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project: Panchkhal-Melamchi Road Project Main report-I Prepared by the Government of Nepal The Environmental Assessment is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Government of Nepal Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Department of Roads Project Directorate (ADB) Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (EEAP) (ADB LOAN No. 3260-NEP) INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION OF PANCHKHAL - MELAMCHI ROAD JUNE 2017 Prepared by MMM Group Limited Canada in association with ITECO Nepal (P) Ltd, Total Management Services Nepal and Material Test Pvt Ltd. for Department of Roads, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport for the Asian Development Bank. Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (EEAP) ABBREVIATIONS AADT Average Annual Daily Traffic AC Asphalt Concrete ADB Asian Development Bank ADT Average Daily Traffic AP Affected People BOD Biological Oxygen Demand CBOs Community Based Organization CBS Central Bureau of Statistics CFUG Community Forest User Group CITIES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CO Carbon Monoxide COI Corridor of Impact DBST Double Bituminous Surface Treatment DDC District Development Committee DFID Department for International Development, UK DG Diesel Generating DHM Department of Hydrology and Metrology DNPWC Department of National -
Nepal Earthquake Situation Update (12 May 2015)
Nepal Earthquake Situation Update (12 May 2015) LOCATION: Kathmandu, Nepal DATE: 12 May 2015 Situation Update An earthquake registering 7.3 magnitude struck today (12 May) at 12:50 local time (UTC +5:45). The epicentre was southeast of Kodari (Sindhupalchowk District), 76 km northeast of Kathmandu – an area already affected by the 25 April quake. Additional aftershocks ranging from 5.0-7.3 magnitude have occurred afterwards within 35 km of Kodari and a 6.3 magnitude one with the epicentre in Ramechhap District. Landslides were reported in Langtang Region in the Himalayas. The area affected by the earthquake is prone to landslides which may further blocking roads and making transport difficult. Kathmandu International Airport (KTM) suspended operations immediately after the earthquake to assess the status of the tarmac. At 15:05 Nepal local time air operations resumed as normal. As soon as KTM airport re-opened, a UNHAS helicopter took off to the affected area with an assessment team to evaluate the impact of the earthquake. Phone lines in Kathmandu are congested but functioning. Road access constraints In Sindhupalchok, the road from Chautara to Dolalghat (and onwards to Kathmandu) has been reported open. Blockages were reported between Dolalghat to Charikot. Assessments are on-going. The DfID/ GIZ Risk Management Office provided an update on the three road access constraints below: o The Banepa Bardibas (B.P.) Koirala Highway, connecting Bardibas, Mahottari to Banepa, Kavre district – Kathmandu. The road is reported to be fractured in the Sindhuli-Nepalthok section of the road (54 km). Debris is also reported from landslide in different places of the road section. -
DTM) NEPAL LANDSLIDE and FLOODS SITE ASSESSMENT Jajarkot, Gulmi, Myadgi, Sankhuwasabha and Sindhupalchowk Districts SEPTEMBER 2020 • ROUND 1
DISPLACEMENT TRACKING MATRIX (DTM) NEPAL LANDSLIDE AND FLOODS SITE ASSESSMENT Jajarkot, Gulmi, Myadgi, Sankhuwasabha and Sindhupalchowk districts SEPTEMBER 2020 • ROUND 1 Silichong landslide (13 July 2020). © Dhyan Kulung DISPLACEMENT OVERVIEW TOP NEEDS IN ASSESSED SITES 29 active sites hosting 5 or more households have been assessed from 6 until 22 August 2020 in 5 districts. 5,467 persons from 1,066 households CCCM SHELTER WASH FOOD INFORMATION AND NFI SECURITY AND were residing in these sites at the time of the COMMUNICATION assessment. ACTIVE TEMPORARY SITES AS PER DTM ROUND 1 1 SITUATION OVERVIEW METHODOLOGY Heavy rainfall in July 2020 triggered large-scale flooding and This DTM report is produced by the International landslides in several districts across Nepal. From the onset Organization for Migration in its role as a co-lead of of monsoon on 12 June until 1 September 2020, the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) number of deaths due to landslides, floods and lightning is cluster. 282. 266 persons were injured and 70 persons are missing Activation of the DTM in the five selected districts was across the country (NDRRMA, Daily Bulletin 2 September). discussed in the inter-cluster meeting held at the Ministry Out of 65 sites identified during the baseline assessment, of Home Affairs on 12 July 2020. Based on the meeting, only 29 active sites were found hosting 5 households or a Baseline Assessment was conducted from 15 July until more and the remaining 32 sites were found closed or 24 July. The Baseline Assessment report was published below 5 households or less with an exception of 1 site and shared with the humanitarian actors, clusters and hosting 2 households with vulnerable population. -
Redalyc.ANALYZING SEISMIC ACTIVITIES DURING 1900 TO
Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering E-ISSN: 1982-3932 [email protected] Universidade Federal da Paraíba Brasil Kumar, Amit; Chandra Pandey, Arvind ANALYZING SEISMIC ACTIVITIES DURING 1900 TO 2015 TO ASSESS URBAN RISK IN NEPAL HIMALAYAS USING GEOINFORMATICS Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, vol. 11, núm. 2, julio-diciembre, 2017, pp. 133-141 Universidade Federal da Paraíba Paraíba, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=283255970001 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Kumar and Pandey 133 Journal of Urban and Environmental Journal of Urban and E Engineering, v.11, n.2, p.133-141 Environmental Engineering ISSN 1982-3932 J www.journal-uee.org E doi: 10.4090/juee.2017.v11n2.133141 U ANALYZING SEISMIC ACTIVITIES DURING 1900 TO 2015 TO ASSESS URBAN RISK IN NEPAL HIMALAYAS USING GEOINFORMATICS Amit Kumar and Arvind Chandra Pandey Centre for Land Resource Management, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi-835205, INDIA Received 27 August 2016; received in revised form 02 May 2017; accepted 05 July 2017 Abstract: A high magnitude (Mw = 7.8) earthquake caused a geological disaster recently on April-May 2015 in Nepal Himalayas and resulted in severe devastation in Nepal as well as neighboring states in India. Looking into its recurrent occurrence with varied intensity, in the present study, the earthquake pattern in Nepal Himalayas was analyzed during the period 1900 to 2015 using United States Geological Survey (USGS) data sources in GIS environment. -
Sino- Nepalese Engagements in the Himalayan Borderland
No. 53 March 2018 Sino- Nepalese Engagements in the Himalayan Borderland Diki Sherpa Research Assistant, Institute of Chinese Studies [email protected] In the Nepalese Himalayan borderland, the Infrastructure – Is it a Prime recent flurry of infrastructure building signifies Mover for a Nation’s the amalgamation of two ambitious plans – Development? Nepal’s state building through technological advancement and China’s massive ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI). Of the two, Chinese Nepal shares a 1,414 kilometres-long priorities dominate. Major infrastructural international border with the Tibet projects that are currently under way in the Autonomous Region (TAR) of China. The Nepalese Himalayas backed by Chinese capital border touches 14 of Nepal’s 77 districts are often touted as ‘Gifts’ (The Kathmandu namely, Taplejung, Sankhuwasabha, Post 2015). Solukhumbu, Dolkha, Sindhupalchowk, Rasuwa, Manang, Mustang, Dolpa, Mugu, Among its many gifts, highways to facilitate Humla, Bajhang, and Darchula. physical connectivity across the China-Nepal border have resulted in a re-routing of earlier On the China side, the border is shared by trade passages. Following the 2015 Nepal seven TAR counties namely: Tingkey, Tingri, earthquake, building, re-building, re-opening Naylam, Kyirong, Saga, Drongpa, and Purang. border points and re-routing of trans-Himalaya Out of half a dozen traditional points of entry trade routes have become the main points of — Kodari-Zhangmu(Nyalam), Rasuwa- convergence for the two countries. This paper Kyirong, Yari(Humla)-Purang, Olangchung assesses the competitive geopolitical interests Gola-Riwu, Nechung(Mustang)-Likse, and that have thus converged and been advanced by Chenthang-Kemathanka — the three border infrastructure building in the Nepalese trading ports at Kodari-Zhangmu, Rasuwa- Himalayan borderland. -
Nepal 2030: a Vision for Peaceful and Prosperous Nation
Nepal 2030: A Vision for Peaceful and Prosperous Nation 1 [Nepal 2030: A Vision for Peaceful and Prosperous Nation] Edited by Sagar Raj Sharma Bishnu Raj Upreti Kailash Pyakuryal Published by South Asia Regional Coordination Office of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR North-South) and Department of Development Studies, Kathmandu University Citation: Sharma SR, Upreti BR and Pyakuryal K (eds.). 2012. Nepal 2030: A Vision for Peaceful and Prosperous Nation. Kathmandu: South Asia Regional Coordination Office of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR North-South) and Department of Development Studies, Kathmandu University. Copyright © 2012 SAS RCO-NCCR North-South, Kathmandu and Department of Development Studies, Kathmandu University All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-9937-8174-6-2 Subsidised price: NRs. 400/- Layout/cover design: Jyoti Khatiwada Printed by: Heidel Press Pvt. Ltd. Dillibazar, Kathmandu Cover sketch: Prakash Budha Magar Disclaimer: The content and materials presented in this book are of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR North-South) or the Department of Development Studies, Kathmandu University. The editors of the book Nepal 2030: A Vision for Peaceful and Prosperous Nation acknowledge support from the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South, co-funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the participating institutions. 6 Acknowledgements This book is the third in the series of the publications that have come out as a result of the collaborative research between the Human and Natural Resources Studies Centre at the Department of Development Studies of Kathmandu University and the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South. -
Eastern Region of Sindhupalchok District, Central Nepal
Study on the Bryofloral Diversity, Their Current Status and Conservation Issues in Central and South- eastern Region of Sindhupalchok District, Central Nepal Final Report Submitted to Rufford Small Grant Foundation, U.K. Nirmala Pradhan Kathmandu Nepal February, 2015 Summary First and Second Rufford Small Grant Programs (Ref. Id: 10.09.07 and ID: 10111-2) were implemented at the northern parts of Sindhupalchok district of central Nepal within the elevation range of 1400 – 4000 m which were highly successful to bring a long list of diverse species of bryophytes of the midland and highland areas. These two studies covered the elevation of 1400 to 4000 m where different habitat types were noted and 16 new records of this plant were also made that updated the country’s overall list. Tourism prospect in northern parts of this district was also assessed in these studies. The current study under the Booster Grant (ID:12663-B) was to give continuity to the previous works so was emphasized mostly to unexplored vast areas of the south, east and central parts of this district. This study came up with many interesting findings which revealed out a list of 160 species of bryophytes categorized into 13 orders, 42 families and 75 genera. All the three classes of Bryophytes were represented in this study with new records of 22 species. Rich diversity of the newly recorded species has been noticed at 800 -1400 m of elevations. Of them 14 species belonged to the class Hepaticae and rest 8 species to Musci. Of the recorded species, the class Anthocerotae represented 4 species, Hepaticae 61 and Musci 95 species. -
Sindhupalchock Topographic Map - May 2015
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