- Action Planning Workshop for Tomorrow's Khokana held in Lalitpur
- "Action Planning Workshop for Tomorrow's Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City" Held in Lamahi, Lumbini Province
- Media Interaction held on plan for Tomorrow’s Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City
- Art Competition on Tomorrow’s Rapti City held in Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City
- National Tabletop Simulation Exercise by NDRRMA MOHA
- Workshop on Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Aftershock Forecasting was held in Lalitpur
- 26th National Symposium on ‘Earthquake Risk Reduction and Management in Nepal’ held in Kathmandu.
- Mason Training begins in Darjeeling, India
- 26th Earthquake Safety Day observed in Nepal with the slogan: Let's promote use of Local Resources and Technology for Earthquake Resilient Structures
- Shaping Visioning Scenarios for Rapti, the Lumbini Provincial Capital City in Nepal
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Mechinagar and Damak Municipality: Assisting Municipalities in Building Code Implementation
In the process to encourage the municipalities for effective compliance to and enforcement of the National Building Codes, NSET is conducting various programs in several municipalities of Nepal as a component of the Building Code Implementation in Municipalities of Nepal (BCIPN) program of NSET implemented with funding support from USAID/OFDA..
In the month of July 2013 various programs were conducted in Mechinagar and Damak Municipality of Jhapa district.
Mechinagar Municipality, Jhapa
Mason Training for Earthquake Resistant Building Construction at Mechinagar Municipality
32 masons and petty-contractors of Mechinagar are now trained on earthquake resistant building construction technology. With an objective to impart the practicing masons with the basic knowledge of earthquake resistant building construction technology and equip them with required skills to construct earthquake resistant buildings, a Five day Mason training program was conducted for the masons of Mechinagar during 18-22 July 2013 at the Mechinagar Municipal Office, Jhapa.
The training was jointly organized by Mechinagar Municipality and NSET under the program Building Code Implementation in Municipalities of Nepal (BCIPN).
An orientation program to Tole Lane Organization's leaders in Mechinagar Municipality
With an objective to sensitize the community leaders to spread the message about importance and need of national building code for safer society in the community an Orientation program on "Earthquake Basics and Earthquake Preparedness" was conducted at Mechinagar Municipality on July 26, 2013. The program was jointly organized by NSET and Mechinagar Municipality. There were altogether 54 participants including community leaders, social mobilizers, engineers and other officials from the municipality.
Prior to this, another orientation program on Earthquake Safety was conducted on 22 July 2013 at the Himalayan Higher Secondary School in Mechinagar Municipality. There were altogether 39 undergraduate students who actively participated in the program.
Damak Municipality, Jhapa
Engineer training on ‘Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction of Buildings’
A 3-day Engineers’ training on "Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction of Buildings" was conducted for the engineers and sub-engineers in Damak Municipality during 23-25 July 2013. The training program was jointly organized by Damak Municipality and NSET. There were 28 participants from the municipality, nearby VDCs and engineers and sub-engineers from local consulting firms.
Mason Training for Earthquake Resistant Building Construction at Damak Municipality
32 masons and petty-contractors of Damak are now trained on earthquake resistant building construction technology. With an objective to impart the practicing masons with the basic knowledge of earthquake resistant building construction technology and equip them with required skills to construct earthquake resistant buildings, a Five day Mason training program was conducted for the masons of Damak during 22-26 July 2013 at the Damak Municipal Office, Jhapa. The training was jointly organized by Damak Municipality and NSET under the program Building Code Implementation in Municipalities of Nepal (BCIPN).
An orientation program to Tole Lane Organization's leaders in Damak Municipality
With an objective to sensitize the community leaders to spread the message about importance and need of national building code for safer society in the community an Orientation program on "Earthquake Basics and Earthquake Preparedness" was conducted at Damak Municipality on July 23, 2013. The program was jointly organized by NSET and Damak Municipality. There were altogether 29 participants from 19 wards of the municipality including community leaders, social mobilizers, engineers and other officials from the municipality.
NSET is implementing the Building Code implementation Program (BCIPN) in 24 municipalities with funding support from the USAID /OFDA. Project duration is August 2012 – July 2015. BCIPN envisions building upon and consolidation of the experiences, achievements and lessons learned from our pilot initiatives of assisting Lalitpur, Banepa, Dharan, and Vyas municipality in the past decade in building code implementation.