The tornado that hit Bara and Parsa on March 31 was an unpredecented event - but might locals have to prepare for more extreme weather in future?

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The NRA in charge of reconstruction after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal hits the wall again as political interference leaves the body without its CEO.

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It's been three years since the NRA started the official reconstruction process after the 2015 earthquake. However, only few households have rebuilt so far out of the over 700,000 households eligible to the NRA house reconstruction grant.

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One question rises above all others on the 2-year anniversary of the earthquake in Nepal: how could it take so long to distribute the government reconstruction grant? Until now, less than 2,000 of the over 600,000 eligible households who lost their homes in the April 24, 2015, disaster have received more than the 1st instalment – a mere 50,000 rs. – an amount which can barely cover the costs of building the foundation for any new house.

Shortly after the earthquake, the government high-handedly promised every victim household a total reconstruction grant of 200,000 rs., recently raised to even 300,000 rs., and yet hundreds of thousands of households still live in tin shacks unable to afford building a new house.

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The formation of Nepal Reconstruction Agency (NRA) in the fall of 2015 was as political as the creation of many other "high-level" commissions and agencies in Nepal.

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