| Surya Bahadur Rana Asst. Sub-Engineer
Bagmati Rural Municipality, Gimdi, Lalitpur | | | fEATURED TEchnical staff story: Surya Bahadur Rana, asst. sub-engineer Surya Bahadur Rana, Assistant Sub Engineer had been deployed in Ward no 7, Gimdi, Bagmati Rural Municipality, Lalitpur district by DLPIU Building Office, Lalitpur, since reconstruction works kicked off in Lalitpur district (June 2016). Surya Bahadur's hometown is located in Surkhet, Mid-western Nepal. He is field based and stationed at Gimdi which is nearly 55 km from central Lalitpur city.
According to Surya Bahadur, nearly 90% beneficiaries have accessed the 3rd tranche in Gimdi Ward Cluster. He has been providing technical assistance, conducting inspection works and relevant housing reconstruction support works to beneficiaries in Gimdi from the time when housing reconstruction work started in Ward no 7 of Bagmati Rural Municipality. Read more... | | | | Ward No 21, Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Lalitpur: Three storey plus attic frame structure. The homeowner has received a second tranche and applied for the third tranche of the Government housing grant. | | | | Ward 6, Kalinchowk Rural Municipality, Dolakha: A mixed typology, Stone in Mud Mortar in ground floor and semi stone and timber in upper floor. The homeowner has received a second tranche of the Government housing grant. | | | | Ward 3, Khaniyabas Rural Municipality, Dhading: Stone in Mud Mortar Structure with two rooms in ground floor and an attic. The homeowner has received the first tranche of Government housing grant. The total cost of construction was 500,000 NPR. | | | | Ward 28, Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Kathmandu: Three storey load bearing brick in mud mortar structure with flexible roof. | | | | Ward 5, Khanikhola Rural Municipality, Kavrepalanchok: Two story, Stone and Mud Mortar Masonry (SMM) structure. The house was retrofitted using a wire mesh method. The homeowner has received the first tranche and applied for the second tranche of the Government retrofit grant. The total cost of retrofitting was 300,000 NPR including transportation and material cost. | | | | Ward 7, Kailash Rural Municipality, Makwanpur: Single storey, two-roomed, Stone and Mud Mortar load bearing structure. The homeowner has received all tranches of Government housing grant. The total cost of construction was 600,000 NPR. | | | | Ward 5, Suryagadhi Rural Municipality, Nuwakot: Two story with, Stone and Mud Mortar Masonry with an attic damaged by 2015 earthquake. The homeowners are still living in the same house while the construction of the new house is going on. The homeowner has received a second tranche of Government housing grant. | | | | Ward 3, Marshyangdi Rural Municipality, Lamjung: Single storey, two-roomed, load bearing hollow concrete block structure. The house does not have a roof band, thus considered non-compliant. The homeowner has received a second tranche of Government housing grant. | | | Dhan Bahadur Syangtan, Waod No. 5, Khanikhola Rural Municipality, Kavrepalanchok: Dhan Bahadur Syangtan of Khanikhola Rural Municipality, ward no. 5 of Kavre district, did not lose hope even during lockdown due to COVID-19 and continued to retrofit his house with support of masons, social mobilizers and the focal engineer. He started to retrofit his house before lockdown and completed retrofitting of his house recently during the lockdown period.
 Dhan Bahadur with his family and technical team in front of the completed retrofitted house (Two-Storey , Stone Mud Mortar-SMM); Masons and supporting team during retrofitting of the house, with Wire Mesh retrofit technique.
He is thankful to his wife, masons, social mobilizers and other supporting team to complete retrofitting of his house. He is also very thankful to the focal engineer for his remote technical support and facilitation of tranche process even in this difficult time of COVID-19, during which he completed the retrofitting of his house. Now he feels safer and has built trust over the retrofitting of earthquake houses. He is proud that he has retrofitted his house maintaining all the features of his existing house. | | Chandra Bahadur Regmi, Ward No.9, Bhimeshwor Municipality, Dolakha:
"Then I believe the possibilities which never fades"
Lakuridada is the largest ward of Bhimeshwor Municipality, but unfortunately far away from municipal facility. Even the basic facility for any place like water sanitation is not properly managed in this ward. No proper drinking water, no health facilities, no age care center for elderly people and people living with disabilities. In addition, the accessibility of roads for each tole in the community is also somehow unmanaged as there is no transportation facility in the rainy season.
Chandra Bahadur Regmi, 38, a permanent resident of Bhimeswor Municipality ward no- 9, Lakuridada, is a differently abled person. He lost both his feet during the 2015 earthquake. Life became more complicated in his eyes after the earthquake as he lost his physical power to live. In every winter after the Nepal earthquake, lots of people were still living in temporary shelters. With his four daughters and wife, he is also the one still living in temporary shelter. Their homes were badly damaged and were simply scared to sleep inside. Snowstorms affected several communities very severely, damaging shelters and exposing people to the bitter cold. He received the first tranche to reconstruct his house but no socio-technical assistance and therefore remained helpless. He was feeling emotionally weak as others had reconstructed and that he had not been able to start his house reconstruction. He was waiting for the right time and for helping hands to build a permanent house. With such hope, his dream came true with the UNDP/CDRMP project in Dolakha ECHO-II through HURADEC as an implementing partner that had started working in Lakuridada. His name was there in a vulnerable list of NRAs and still waiting to rebuild his house, through the Grantee support Program. He is still not believing that the support is a dream or reality in his own words. He said "It is quite humbling to see how the developing agencies like UNDP are helping the helpless to help themselves and encouraging people to reconstruct and are making to do with what they have. There are also encouraging signs that people are getting on with their lives in the best way possible under their condition, I still cannot believe whether it is reality or dream for the people like me. I was almost losing my hope to rebuild my home with this condition of mine. With all my broken physical condition I was thinking like I have to spend the whole life in this temporary shelter and my dependents to do so. But the possibility never fades. Thank you so much to the whole project team and my own community to select me as a grantee."
Reconstruction of his house was completed around April 2020, just before lockdown and he received all three tranches.
Vulnerable, Chandra Bahadur Regmi, 38, and his house under reconstruction, with support of UNDP/CDRMP- (HURADEC). | | Shova became a trained Mason and constructed her own house: Shova Lamichhane is now working as a trained mason of the area. She is from Kakani Rural Municipaity, Chaturale, Nuwakot. She has completed her own house with the help of other friends and team. Her life was not so easy after the demise of her husband, Amar Lamichhane. They were in Kathmandu with children. She has small business for livelihood. Her husband was addicted to alcohol though he was a guardian of the children. She has three small children but no source for daily livelihood. Health, Education and shelter are the most fundamental requirements along with the daily needs. She has seeked support, but has not received it. She has more pressing anxiety of supporting the medical needs of her children and a permanent shelter . Her life was running with daily wages of agriculture fields.
Shova Lamichhane during the training One day a friend suggested she participate in the On-the-Job training, going to organize in her own community by NSET Baliyo Ghar. The program has selected her house as model house support. Then she started to learn how to work as a mason. During the training she got a chance to learn many things about the construction materials, method and typology.
She had less hope to construct her own house. but now she along with her three children are living in their own house. Now he has better hope for the children.
Vulnerable Households Reconstruction (June 2020): Of the total NRA identified vulnerable list, 88% (16,279 have received the first tranche, 63% (11,686) have received second tranche and 53% ( 9,839) have received third tranche. In total 2,698 HHs have been supported by various partner organizations.
| |  The recovery profiles contain various updates on the reconstruction and recovery at the Municipal level for all 282 earthquake-affected municipalities . The municipalities are updating the profiles on a monthly basis with technical support from HRRP.
|  These highlights the reconstruction and retrofitting progress in all 32-earthquake affected districts at the municipal level. This data is updated by HRRP district staff in close coordination with municipal focal persons. The links will be automatically updated to provide the reconstruction snapshot (PDF) for the month. |  [CSV] , [PDF] A composite data-set for 282 municipalities (urban status, damage grade, reconstruction, retrofitting and vulnerable HHs as identified by NRA can be assessed here as CSV and PDF. The data-set is updated by the municipalities with support from HRRP. | | | National Association of Rural Municipality in Nepal (NARMIN): NARMIN in collaboration with World Vision International has published this guidance document on "Children's participation in the planning process at local level" to ensure that all rights of the children are respected, protected and promoted in accordance with Nepal's Constitution. This guideline is prepared to facilitate children's participation in the annual fiscal planning and budget allocation process of Municipalities and Rural Municipalities. | | Save the Children has launched a Global study on children's health, learning, well-being, and protection during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Partners are requested to support and spread the message within your organizations, networks, and associations, and participate in the survey.The deadline for the survey is 10th July 2020.
Survey link: Global Survey English
HRRP requests POs to share video presentation material if you have prepared or have come across such materials for the purpose of providing training to Mobile Masons & Social Mobilizers on the training contents like GESI, Inspection monitoring guidelines, Correction Manual etc that are applicable for Mobile Masons and Social Mobilizers. HRRP is making this request to share with the World Bank and CLPIU-Building to further support them with the training packages to remaining Social Mobilzeers and Mobile Masons, which has been disrupted due to COVID-19 pandemic. The video presentation materials could be submitted to Ruplal Aidi, National Coordination Officer, nco2@hrrpnepal.org
Helpline Services: Considering the psycho-social impact of the recent COVID-19, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal has extended its helpline services to everyone who is in need. They provide both psychosocial and mental health services. Individuals and partners are encouraged to use this service from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM everyday. TPO Nepal HELPLINE Toll Free Number: 1660 01 0 2005 (call to this number is free of cost from NTC network). | | | |
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