reconstruction

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.

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.

Charikot, the capital of Dolakha, was devastated by the earthquake in 2015, but it’s coming back to life.

The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) just moved on to “phase II” in rebuilding houses post-quake.

It’s an experience as old as Nepali government, dating back to the Rana regime and the royal rulers before them who often had to struggle to establish a reliable and continuous tax collection system at local level. Without the cooperation…

In post-quake communities, where the need for infrastructure and local services has never been greater, some locals can hardly find a VDC secretary!

The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is setting up seven local offices in parallel to the local bodies. Is “overlapping” an issue?

Students going to school in Temporary Learning Centers (TLCs) – built after the earthquake – have started to fall ill in worrying numbers. Most TLCs are built of tin sheets without any insulation, so wind and humid cold air easily…