Federal govt allocates Rs 21.6 billion for post-quake reconstruction (rep 29/05/2024)

Funds secured to rebuild 700 quake-damaged school buildings (kh 25/03/2024)

Historical palaces, public buildings hit by Jajarkot earthquake await reconstruction : More than 300 government-owned and community buildings in Jajarkot were damaged by the earthquake. Thousands of people are still living in tents, by Krishna Prasad Gautam and Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 12/01/2024)

Work On Reconstruction Roadmap, by Ballav Dahal (rn 20/11/2023)

No new entity needed for reconstruction : One year is not enough. We need at least two years to rebuild damaged structures, interview with Thira Lal Bhusal (kp 13/11/2023)

State of unpreparedness : The Jajarkot quake proved the rationale of federalism with generously devolved power to local governments, by Achyut Wagle (kp 07/11/2023)

In pictures: Reconstructing temples of Hanumandhoka premises (rn 15/08/2023)

Quake-devastated Tatopani bazaar crying for reconstruction (rep 13/07/2023)

Reconstruction of 274 schools completed (ht 14/05/2023)

Restoration of quake-damaged Gorkha Durbar temples and monuments nearing completion : Both the Gorkha Durbar and the temple were built by King Ram Shah around 400 years ago, by Hariram Upreti (kp 01/04/2023)

Construction cost of Dharahara increases by Rs 120 million due to cost variation of raw materials, by Himal Lamsal (rep 23/02/2023)

Reconstruction of 38 heritages completes at Basantapur (kh 23/01/2023)

Fourteen years since reconstruction started, Achham Durbar is still incomplete : The palace, built 150 years ago by Achhami King Tikabhuk Shah, was ravaged in a Maoist bomb attack in 2002, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 23/08/2022)

People displaced by the earthquake in Rasuwa are still awaiting resettlement : As many as 174 quake-displaced families are staying in temporary shelters at Khalte, by Balaram Ghimire (kp 13/05/2022) [They urgently need the right to vote "None of them"!]

Quake-damaged schools finally rebuilt in Baglung local unit : Half a dozen schools had been conducting classes out in the open since the earthquakes damaged their buildings, by Prakash Baral (kp 20/03/2022)

200-year-old Falcha reconstructed in Pulchowk (kh 19/03/2022)

Rising from the rubble : The earthquake that hit Nepal in 2015 had devastated the country’s rich cultural heritage and left the Kathmandu Valley's three former royal squares in the rubble (photo feature) (nlt 13/03/2022)

Prabhat Kiran school in Gorkha fails to get donors for reconstruction : The school gained popularity after Prince Harry helped in its reconstruction in 2016, by Hariram Upreti (kp 24/02/2022)

Dalit Community In Earthquake-Hit Barpak Still Under Makeshift Huts, by Narendra Dhakal (rn 12/02/2022)

SC Order To Be Followed To Place Old Idols At Kasthamandap (rn 27/01/2022)

Six years on, many quake victims in Capital Valley unable to rebuild houses, by Indira Aryal (rn 09/01/2022)

Dolakha residents chip in to restore quake-ravaged heritage structures : Six years after the devastating earthquake, authorities including the Department of Archaeology have yet to take any concrete initiative to restore heritage sites, by Kedar Shiwakoti (kp 26/12/2021)

Reconstruction of 30 heritages at Hanumandhoka Durbar area completed (rep 26/12/2021)

NRA's term comes to an end (ht 24/12/2021)

Sindhuli Quake Victims Not Getting Govt Grant, by Baburam Devkota (rn 18/12/2021)

Shrines rebuilding handed over to Archaelogy Department : The National Reconstruction Authority was carrying out the reconstruction work of earthquake-ravaged monasteries in Gorkha before its dissolution in mid-November, by Hariram Upreti (kp 17/12/2021)

Green, resilient and inclusive development : The Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction highlighted lessons learned from the earthquake recovery, by Faris Hadad-Zervos and John Roome (kp 13/12/2021)

A test of patience : Buddhist communities whose monasteries were damaged by the 2015 earthquakes express frustration at the delay in reconstruction, by Pasang Dorjee (kp 09/12/2021)

Post-earthquake reconstruction 90 percent complete: FinMin Sharma (rep 08/12/2021)

A place to call home, away from home : A bittersweet resettlement experience for Dolakha women who survived earthquakes, landslides, and floods, by Nisha Rai and Shanta Thapa (nlt 30/11/02021)

Reconstruction of 50,000 India- funded houses in Gorkha and Nuwakot districts completed (rep 15/11/2021)

Dharahara Tower Achieves 70% Reconstruction Progress, by Bishnu Pandey (rn 13/11/2021), Dharahara reconstruction slows down after premature inauguration, by Himal Lamsal (rep 25/11/2021)

Reconstruction of Lo Gekar monastery begins with US pledge of $285,000 (kh 09/11/2021)

In reconstruction, local ownership goes a long way : Bhaktapur shows how prioritizing community ownership over foreign aid can help in reconstruction even as Kathmandu remains locked in a confusing mess of national and international stakeholders, by Prasansha Rimal and Sanjeet M. Rajbhandari (rec 08/10/2021)

Restoring a piece of Nepal’s history : Destroyed in the 1934 earthquake, the Bhaidega Temple in Patan was being rebuilt when the 2015 disaster struck, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 08/10/2021)

Remaining post-earthquake reconstruction to be carried out thru coordination (kh 05/10/2021)

No takers for houses at Dolakha integrated settlement : A majority of beneficiaries have decided to stay back in their old village because they do not want to leave behind their farmland and cattle. The integrated settlement has been constructed for the quake-displaced Thamicommunity, by Kedar Shiwakoti (kp 26/09/2021)

Kamal Pokhari Pond Achieves 95% Reconstruction Progress (rn 26/09/2021)

Concern grows over reconstruction authority taking charge of Ghantaghar project : Conservationists say the job of retrofitting the clock tower should be given to local government as the National Reconstruction Authority’s term is expiring in three months, by Anup Ojha (kp 22/09/2021)

96 percent of reconstruction of Kasthamandap completed (kh 18/09/2021)

Lalitpur’s Balkumari temple reconstruction gains momentum (kh 08/09/2021)

Earthquake Victims Of Barpak Dalit  Settlement Await Reconstruction, by Narendra Dhakal (rn 04/09/2021)

MoUs signed for reconstruction of 14 cultural heritage sector projects, 103 health sector projects across Nepal (rep 03/09/2021)

Reconstruction work to be handed over to concerned bodies (kh 26/08/2021)

Reconstruction Of 587 Temples Complete (rn 21/08/2021)

Reconstruction Of 27 Heritages In Durbar Square Completed, by Sharmila Pathak (rn 13/08/2021)

More than one lakh beneficiaries reconstructed houses last fiscal : There has been significant progress in reconstruction work despite the pandemic (ht 09/08/2021)

Reconstruction of 88 school buildings completed (kh 07/08/2021)

Earthquake-ravaged 375 school building reconstructed (kh 04/08/2021)

858,282 beneficiaries confirmed for housing reconstruction (ht 07/07/2021)

Reconstruction of Gorkha Durbar nears completion, by Hariram Upreti (kp 27/06/2021)

National Reconstruction Authority to function till mid-Nov (ht 25/06/2021)

Reconstruction of 93 per cent of private houses completed : NRA (ht 24/04/02021)

330-kg pinnacle installed on top of Dharahara (kh 22/04/2021), Billions spent on Dharahara but school reconstruction suffering in lack of funds : Reconstruction of college buildings damaged in the 2015 earthquakes is yet to begin as the government only recently decided to take Indian loan despite stringent conditions, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/04/2021)

Restoration of quake-ravaged Sital Pati at Gorkha Durbar completed : Reconstruction works started in January last year, nearly five years after the disaster, by Hariram Upreti (kp 18/04/2021)

Miracle Boy, six years after Nepal quake : Baby survived being buried under the rubble for 22 hours, but his family still struggles to cope, by Monika Deupala (nt 16/04/2021)

22-storey Dharahara to be inaugurated on April 24 (rep 14/04/2021)

Reconstruction of Pashupatinath area gains no momentum : Only 50 out of 105 reconstructed in six years, by Sabina Karki (kh 06/04/2021)

Conservationists accuse Pashupati trust of gross negligence in post-quake reconstruction : They say the trust is doing more harm than good by using concrete and altering structures of monuments, by Anup Ojha (kp 19/03/2021)

Ramechhap earthquake survivors have no proper homes even six years after disaster : Three integrated settlements remain incomplete as the National Reconstruction Authority has not issued funds, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 16/02/2021) [The early elections ordered by Oli, which are completely unnecessary, are certainly considerably more expensive!]

Reconstruction of quake-ravaged health posts gains momentum in Makwanpur : The Gorkha Earthquake and its powerful aftershocks in 2015 had destroyed the buildings of nine health posts in the district, by Pratap Bista (kp 07/02/2021)

Department of Archaeology to inspect Kamal Pokhari restoration site : Heritage conservationists have criticised Kathmandu Metropolitan City for disregarding the historic, cultural and ecological values of the pond in the name of beautification project, by Anup Ojha  (kp 27/01/2021)

Reconstruction of quake-damaged school buildings near completion (kp 12/01/2021) [related to Sindhupalchok only]

Reconstruction of 465 heritage sites over (ht 11/01/2021)

Contractor misses second deadline of Gorkha Durbar restoration project : Local residents blame the delay on the contractor company and the Department of Archaeology, by Hariram Upreti (kp 10/01/2021)

Post-Quake Reconstruction: Over 23,000 Private Houses And 1,000 Classrooms Reconstructed In Makawanpur (rn 29/12/2020), 23,000 houses, 1,000 classrooms reconstructed (ht 30/12/2020)

NRA completes five years of establishment : Rebuilding of 91pc private houses destroyed in 2015 quakes either finished or under way (ht 26/12/2020)

Govt Extends Term Of National Reconstruction Authority (rn 10/12/20209

41,971 homes built in Ramechhap (ht 09/12/2020)

NRA’s tenure extended by one more year (kh 07/12/2020)

Nearly 47,000 private houses rebuilt in four months (ht 06/12/2020)

Earthquake survivors say houses built for them have weak doors and windows : Only 16 families have moved to the new settlement built by the Non-Resident Nepali Association for 573 earthquake-displaced families in Gupsipakha, Gorkha (kp 05/12/2020)

NRA claims 606 thousand 505 private houses rebuilt post- Gorkha Earthquake (rep 27/11/2020)

Beneficiaries leave housing reconstruction incomplete, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 18/11/2020)

11,000 quake-hit houses rebuilt in Rasuwa, by Himnath Devkota (rep 10/11/2020)

Kasthamandap reconstruction nearing completion (ht 08/11/2020)

NRA Sets New Deadline To Obtain Housing Grant (rn 07/11/2020)

Covid-19 pandemic hitsNuwakot palace restoration : The Sat Tale Durbar was destroyed in 2015 earthquake  and it currently stands propped up by iron poles, by Krishna Thapa (kp 16/10/2020)

Building back safer : Local, sustainable solutions needed, by Dipendra Gautam (ht 15/10/2020)

Assessing the cracks in reconstruction process : The government and NRA, through numbers and visual narratives, presented a success story of the reconstruction but social and political cracks that appeared following the earthquake were different, by Gaurab KC (rep 12/10/2020)

Recollecting post-earthquake reconstruction : The credit for the success of reconstruction process solely goes to the earthquake survivors themselves who managed the money by borrowing loans from various sources, by Gaurab KC (rep 05/10/2020)

National Reconstruction Authority seeks one-year tenure extension (ht 23/09/2020)

Restoration of historical Ranipokhari almost completed, by Ujjwal Satyal (rn 20/09/2020), Ranipokhari Filled With 27 Million Litres Of Water (rn 22/09/2020)

Around 750 quake displaced families live in landslide-prone settlements in Rasuwa : While some families have taken grants from the government to buy a plot of land, most are awaiting relocation to integrated settlements built by the government, by Balaram Ghimire (kp 19/09/2020)

Post-quake Reconstruction : Learn From China, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (rn 04/09/2020)

NRA Consulting Options To Refill Rani Pokhari (rn 12/08/2020)

85 Per Cent Beneficiaries Receive Second Installment (rn 28/07/2020)

Reconstruction of earthquake-ravaged Singha Durbar being completed, by Kunga Hyolmo (rep 27/07/2020)

Building back Rani Pokhari even better: The reconstructed royal pond is beginning to resemble what it must have looked like 350 years ago, by Suvexa Pradhan Tuladhar (nt 24/07/2020)

More than 500,000 quake-destroyed houses rebuilt: NRA: At least 202,643 houses still under-construction (rep 09/07/2020)

Five years since the Gorkha earthquake, Nepal still falls short: The country being in a highly-vulnerable seismic zone, one would think the government and society would plan better, by Keshab Sharma (kp 17/05/2020)

Earthquake reconstruction: no more excuses: Successive governments have used feeble excuses to delay reconstruction. But there is an opportunity now to finish some priority projects (kp 13/05/2020)

Covid-19 outbreak affects reconstruction of heritage sites in Kathmandu: Projects face labour crunch due to the lockdown as most workers have returned home, by Anup Ojha (kp 12/05/2020)

Reconstruction Of Ranipokhari, Dharahara Resumes (rn 04/05/2020)

COVID-19 Likely To Delay Reconstruction Drive, by Modnath Dhakal (rn 25/04/2020) [It is already extremely delaid either!], Five years after devastating quakes of April 2015, reconstruction work still on: National Reconstruction Authority likely to see tenure extension, by Umesh Poudel (ht 25/04/2020), More than 55pc heritage sites await reconstruction (ht 25/04/2020), Quake survivors struggle in crammed homes, housing grant insufficient (ht 25/04/2020)

2015 earthquake: Over Rs 381 billion spent on reconstruction (kh 24/04/2020), Five years after the 2015 earthquake, Gorkha stands strong, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 24/04/2020)

Lockdown affects reconstruction activities (ht 10/04/2020) [And what has been the reason in the years before?]

Quake-displaced people reeling under food crisis (ht 05/04/2020)) [All governments since 2015 share responsibility for this continued situation!]

Rebuilding five years after 2015 quake: A new Disaster Management Authority has taken over to prepare for the next big earthquake, by Alisha Sijapati (nt 20/03/2020)

Police post structures in rural Gorkha in poor conditions: Five years since the earthquakes destroyed existing structures, police posts in rural Gorkha are operating from tents, by Hariram Upreti(kp 11/03/2020)

As Rani Pokhari restoration project nears completion, reconstruction authority are unsure how to replenish the iconic pond: Boring water system cannot generate 32.1 million litres of water for the pond, officials say, by Anup Ojha (kp 03/03/2020)

'70% reconstruction work completed in Sindhuli' (rep 01/03/2020)

Quake victims still deprived of relief (rep 19/02/2020)

Over thousand earthquake victims seek housing grant (ht 14/01/2020) [related to Dolakha]

Reconstruction of 400 heritages over (rep 10/02/2020)

NRA to remove 4,366 earthquake victims from beneficiary list (kp 07/02/2020)

A majority of community schools destroyed in the 2015 earthquake yet to be constructed: For lack of proper infrastructure, a school in Sindhuli, like many others, conducts classes under the open sky, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 31/01/2020) [What are govt and NRA good for?]

Reconstruction progress in Sindhuli 55% as time running out, by Anil Bhandari (rep 22/01/2020)

Many quake-hit police posts in Makwanpur still operating from tents: According to the District Police Office, a total of 17 police post buildings were damaged by the earthquakes of 2015, by Pratap Bista (kp 10/01/2020)

Reconstruction authority is building unified settlements in Makwanpur: Nearly five years since the earthquakes, about 41 percent of the victims have rebuilt their houses in Makwanpur, by Pratap Bista (kp 15/01/2020)

Bhaktapur’s famed Nyatapola receives post-earthquake facelift: The reconstruction of the early 18th-century temple marks the continuation of local participation in rebuilding heritage monuments, by Shashwat Pant (kp 15/01/2020)

NRA urged to expedite reconstruction: 62pc houses reconstructed, 25pc under-construction, 17pc yet to start (ht 12/01/2020)

When will the schools be reconstructed? Only 43 of the 130 schools damaged by the earthquake reconstructed so far (rep 30/12/2019) [related to Palpa district]

Catch the momentum (rep 29/12/2019)

86pc progress in rebuilding of private houses (ht 27/12/2019)

Quake victims waiting for housing grant (ht 26/12/2019)

Fate of 550,000 workers uncertain as NRA nears term end (rep 26/12/2019)

Only 30 percent work on Gorkha Durbar completed as deadline ends: The Department of Archaeology is preparing to extend the contract, by Hariram Uprety (kp 25/12/2019)

Earthquake reconstruction: Challenge to save social aura, by Bishnu Hadkhale (ht 24/12/2019)

Gorkha Durbar reconstruction slow, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 12/12/2019)

Reconstruction of two temples in Basantapur in limbo after UN cultural agency forced to pull out of project: As archaeology department and reconstruction authority appear non-committal, there are also concerns whether UNESCO withdrew after political pressure, by Shashwat Pant (kp 08/12/2019), The move to push UNESCO to withdraw from the project to restore temples in Basantapur makes no sense: Foreign cooperation can be a big help in heritage restoration (kp 09/12/2019)

Quake victims unwilling to go for retrofitting (ht 05/12/2019)

State fails to allocate adequate budget to rebuild quake-ravaged public schools: The current delay means students will have to wait a few more years to shift from makeshift structures, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/12/2019)

In Parbat, sluggish pace of reconstruction work leaves victims and officials blaming each other: Only 30 percent of the post-quake reconstruction is complete in the district, where the 2015 quakes saw over 5,000 houses demolished, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp 29/11/2019)

Fund shortage likely to hit post-quake school reconstruction drive: Rs 30bn needed to finish  rebuilding all damaged schools within next fiscal (ht 27/11/2019), Delay in reconstruction of classrooms affecting children’s education in Sindhuli: NRA officials claim that they are expediting the reconstruction process but school officials say the efforts have been sluggish, by Anil Bhandari (rep 27/11/2019)

Rasuwa still awaits construction of integrated settlements, by Himnath Devkota (rep 24/11/2019)

62pc of quake-affected private houses rebuilt (ht 23/11/2019)

Quake-displaced families say they were cheated during land distribution: The land plots handed over to the quake survivors in Helambu, Sindhupalchok, fall in the middle of a busy road, by Anish Tiwari (kp 20/11/2019)

National Reconstruction Authority spent just 65 percent of its budget last fiscal year: Officials blame the use of existing government mechanisms to channel the funds for subpar spending, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/11/2019) [??]

50pc of Kasthamandap reconstruction work over (ht 10/11/2019)

Earthquake Housing Reconstruction Program : Govt grant expediting private housing reconstruction, by Muna Sunuwar (rep 04/11/2019)

Reconstruction of Kumari Ghar in limbo (ht 03/11/2019)

Construction of integrated settlement for quake-hit people in Laprak to be completed within two months: The NRNA had signed an agreement with the NRA to build 573 houses for the quake displaced families at Gupsipakha with facilities such as running water and solar panels for electricity, by Hariram Uprety (kp 31/10/2019)

Retrofitting of western facade within a week (ht 21/10/2019) [related to Singha Darbar]

NRA chief asks housing grant beneficiaries to collect second tranche by mid-Nov (rep 19/10/2019)

UNESCO mission expresses concern over heritage reconstruction (rep 19/10/2019)

Many families in Kathmandu who lost their homes in 2015 earthquakes are yet to rebuild their homes: Out of 47,665 families eligible for the rebuilding aid, only 15,500 families have received all three tranches of the aid till date, NRA data show, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 17/10/2019)

Reconstruction of quake-destroyed govt buildings delayed, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 15/10/2019)

Around 85 percent earthquake-ravaged houses reconstructed in Okhaldhunga, by Kumbharaj Rai (rep 03/10/2019)

Quake victims unlikely to shift to new houses before Dashain (ht 19/09/2019)

Gorkha Durbar reconstruction nowhere near completion: Just three months till the deadline, only 20 percent of the reconstruction work has been completed, officials say, by Hariram Uprety (kp 16/09/2019)

Reconstruction work of Jaya Bageshwori temple at Siphal halted (ht 08/09/2019)

NRA signs MoU to expedite reconstruction (ht 07/09/2019)

Gorkha quake victims reluctant to retrofit their houses, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 07/09/2019)

Quake victims accuse contractor of taking all money, leaving houses incomplete, by Madhusudan Guragain (rep 06/09/2019)

NRA added quota to construct government schools in Makwanpur: 255 school buildings have been reconstructed in the district since the 2015 earthquake, by Pratap Bista (kp 04/09/2019)

Master plan to reconstruct heritage sites in Nuwakot: The plan includes 428 houses, each of which has to be rebuilt in traditional design; Bidur municipal office has directed locals to follow the guidelines, by Krishna Thapa (kp 04/09/2019)

Conservationists urge reconstruction authority not to haste the Rani Pokhari restoration project: The authority has hired a company to complete the project within 10 months, by Anup Ojha (kp 31/08/2019)

A school in Sindhuli still running classes under makeshift shelters: The 2015 earthquake had destroyed the school building, which has yet to be reconstructed, by Sujata Lama (kp 28/08/2019)

What ails heritage reconstruction? Local authorities have not really understood true spirit of heritage reconstruction. Decisions are being changed quite often, by Keshab Sharma and Apil KC (rep 21/08/2019)

Reconstruction work in Sindhuli moves at a snail's pace: Aside from technical issues, delay in reconstruction work in the district is a result of a long bureaucratic process that has barred them from receiving reconstruction aid, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 20/08/2019)

Over 427,000 houses rebuilt (ht 14/08/2019)

Monasteries in Gorkha await reconstruction and renovation: Just two monasteries out of 104 have been reconstructed in the last four years, by Hariram Uprety (kp 10/08/2019)

Landless quake survivors in Sindhuli allowed to build homes on public land they’re using: The list of victims was prepared after checking their utility bills, by Sujata Lama (kp 10/08/2019)

Rs 276b spent on post-quake reconstruction, by Muna Sunuwar (rep 05/08/2019)

Quake victims unpaid for lack of coordination between NRA and local units, by Sher Bahadur Jero (rep 03/08/2019)

Earthquake victims reluctant to retro-fit houses (ht 31/07/2019)

NRA releases fund for rebuilding 190 Sindhupalchowk Gumbas, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 31/07/2019)

14,942 houses yet to be reconstructed in Dolakha (ht 27/07/2019)

Earthquake survivors in Siddhalek say housing aid is not sufficient: Affected families have opted to retrofit their homes rather than construct new ones, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 24/07/2019)

66 per cent beneficiaries deprived of third tranche of housing grant (ht 24/07/2019) [related to Dhankuta]

India pledged to build around 300 quake-damaged health posts. Till date, it has not finished even one: The reconstruction of a majority of the health facilities under other foreign donors, however, has either been completed or is nearing completion, by Arjun Poudel (kp 24/07/2019)

Around 50,000 quake-affected families to be removed from government list of beneficiaries: They didn’t sign housing grant agreements within deadline, rebuilding authority says; Lack of  land titles, disability and old age may have kept some people from signing agreements, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/07/2019)

Ramechhap quake victims living in damaged houses (ht 21/07/2019)

Number of fake quake victims rising due to poor record keeping, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 19/07/2019)

Lack of land halts reconstruction of around 300 quake-ravaged schools: Officials seek change in the existing building code for some schools on case-by-case basis, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/07/2019)

81 per cent post-earthquake reconstruction over in Khotang (ht 05/07/2019)

50 per cent quake victims yet to construct houses in Dhankuta (ht 04/07/2019)

Quake-displaced people in Tanahun lodge complaints: Authorities plan to distribute housing aid to affected households by the fiscal-end, by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 02/07/2019)

329 earthquake-affected families receive land plots in Gorkha: 85 percent of private housing reconstruction works in the district have been completed so far, according to the National Reconstruction Authority, by Hariram Uprety (kp 27/06/2019)

Retrofitting of quake-ravaged houses starts after four years in Kavre district (ht 27/06/2019)

54 quake damaged monasteries to be rebuilt in Solukhumbu (rep 23/06/2019)

Students in Makwanpur move into newly made school building: Over 1,000 classrooms of 255 schools in the district have been built till date, by Pratap Bista (kp 22/06/2019)

15 families inhabit ‘unsafe’ quarters: Building not listed with NRA for retrofitting or reconstruction (ht 22/06/2019)

Reconstruction snail paced in Besisahar (ht 21/06/2019)

Nearly 300 quake-ravaged schools rebuilt in Gorkha: The National Reconstruction Authority plans to complete the construction of all schools in the district within the next 20 months, by Hariram Uprety (kp 18/06/2019)

Deadline extended for resurvey of quake victims (rep 17/06/2019)

Integrated settlement built in Hyolmo Village: Houses are built using traditional methods of Hyolmo culture, by Anish Tiwari (kp 12/06/2019)

Seven quake-damaged buildings of Jiri Technical School reconstructed (ht 04/06/2019)

Rs 141b for post-quake reconstruction (rep 30/05/2019)

Raft foundation for Dharahara being laid (rep 29/05/2019)

Genuine victims deprived of housing reconstruction grant after many families use fraudulent documents to misuse aid: Local officials told the Post that three or four members of a single family have received the reconstruction aid,  and they are using the newly built homes as shelter for their livestock, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 28/05/2019)

Bouncing back, by Arun Poudel (rep 24/05/2019)

Cause of delay: Reconstruction process in Katmandu Valley has been affected mainly due to urban poverty. Poverty incidence in Kathmandu has risen to 11.5 percent, by Chandra Bahadur Shrestha (rep 16/05/2019)

India’s support for housing  reconstruction tops Rs 2.90bn (ht 15/05/2019)

Fake quake victims demand aid in Ramechhap, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 13/05/2019)

Technical staffers quit job (ht 09/05/2019)

Shortage of funds affects People’s Housing Programme in Gandaki Province, by Deepak Pariyar and Prakash Baral (kp 08/05/2019)

Govt eases procedures for subsidized housing loans for quake survivors (rep 08/05/2019)

Quake-ravaged school buildings yet to be rebuilt in Makwanpur, by Pratap Bista (kp 08/05/2019)

Quake-displaced people step forward to complete stalled construction of their settlement, by Hariram Uprety (kp 06/05/2019)

PM’s claim to complete rebuilding projects in a year far from reality: Records at National Reconstruction Authority, which has plans  for the next three years, show a huge funding gap, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/05/2019)

The numbers keep changing: The reconstruction process is stymied by lack of reliable data on earthquake survivors, by Prakash Budha Magar (kp 05/05/2019)

Most reconstructed houses in Dhading hardly usable, by Sarita Shrestha (kp 03/05/2019)

Two major police units operating from tents for the last four years: While officials continue to face difficulties, authorities say there is  a lack of budget to build proper infrastructure, by Nayak Paudel (kp 02/05/2019), Major police offices in capital still operating in tents, by Biken K Dawadi (rep 02/05/2019)

Dolakha Bazaar is being rebuilt, but it is losing its heritage, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 02/05/2019)

Post-quake recovery works hit as 4,000 workers resign en masse: Technicians hired by the National Reconstruction Authority say they quit as they did not get any allowance and facilities, by Nayak Paudel (kp 26/04/2019)

Slow recovery: Four years since the quake, and people are still in temporary shelters (kp 26/04/2019)

Four years after Nepal’s deadly earthquakes, survivors continue to live in disarrayMany survivors of the 2015 earthquakes say financing reconstruction of their homes and the burden of loans have become major challenges, pushing them further into poverty, by Tsering Ngodup Lama and Arpan Shrestha (kp 25/04/2019), Many families in Valley’s core areas are forced to live in quake-damaged houses: Seventy percent of quake-hit families have not demolished their homes for reconstruction, by Arjun Poudel (kp 25/04/2019), Slow progress: NRA has been slow in the post-quake reconstruction works thanks to its inefficiency, political interference and shortage of resources (ht 25/04/2019), Grant delay disappoints homeless victims, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 25/04/2019)

Bhaktapur sets an example for local-led heritage reconstruction: The three cities of the Valley all adopted their own approaches to  reconstruction. While Bhaktapur stayed strictly local, Kathmandu and Patan welcomed foreign funds and expertise, irking activists, by Timothy Aryal (kp 25/04/2019), Four years on, historical sites still covered in scaffoldings (rep 25/04/2019)

Building safe homes: Local governments should take initiative for implementing building codes and by-laws. They should also monitor compliance of those laws, by Keshab Sharma (rep 25/04/2019)

Post-quake reconstruction: Sustain the achievements, by Ayush Banskota and Manish Raj Gouli (ht 24/04/2019)

Quake-hit school buildings yet to be reconstructed in Dolakha (ht 24/04/2019)

Rs 429b needed to complete reconstruction, says authority, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 24/04/2019), NRA needs Rs 429 bn more to finish reconstruction works (ht 24/04/2019)

Reconstructed schools lack toilets (ht 23/04/2019)

Building back cheaper and stronger: Up-cycling Nepal’s post-earthquake architecture with a model house, by Sapana Shakya and Aman Raj Khatakho (nt 19/04/2019), Nepal’s traditional seismic resistant designs: Reviving flexible building methods can help reduce damage in future earthquakes, by Sheilin Teo (nt 19/04/2019), Tall Order, by Sewa Bhattarai and Prakriti Kandel (nt 19/04/2019), Quake was a learning experience for Nepal’s schools: Post-disaster rebuilding has upgraded facilities, and improved the quality of instruction, by Prakriti Kandel (nt 19/04/2019), Nepal is being loved to death: Four years after the earthquake, we Nepalis have got really good at playing victim, by Anil Chitrakar (nt 19/04/2019)

Integrated settlement built for indigent Majhi community in Sindhupalchok, by Anish Tiwari (kp 15/04/2019)

Quake-hit Majhi village rebuilt without following building code, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 12/04/2019)

Engineers’ strike affect housing programme for quake victims in Ramechhap, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 05/04/2019)

Singha Durbar to be retrofitted (ht 04/04/2019)

Okhaldhunga plans integrated settlement for quake victims, by Sher Bahadur Jero (rep 02/04/2019)

Integrated settlement for quake-displaced Dalits, by Anish Tiwari (kp 02/04/2019)

PM announces construction of earthquake museum in Damak, by Yuvaraj Biwash (rep 01/04/2019)

300 quake-victims under huts in Dolakha, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 31/03/2019)

Contractors make only 12% progress in quake reconstruction at schools, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 28/03/2019)

Quake victims struggling to repay loans they borrowed to build damaged houses (kp 14/03/2019) [Hail to the incompetent NRA, government and adminstration!]

Rs 120m allocated to rebuild sixsettlements (kp 12/03/2019)

NRA collecting details of fake quake victims (ht 02/03/2019) [This is only a secondary task of the NRA. What about the large mass of legitimate victims who have been waiting for the promised aid for almost 4 years?]

Construction of integrated settlement for squatters halted since a year, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 02/03/2019)

Rebuilding of quake-ravaged Gorkha Durbar at snail’s pace, by Hariram Uprety (kp 25/02/2019)

Water crunch hits displaced quake survivors (ht 22/02/2019)

Reconstruction conundrums: Labelling ‘fake victims’ doesn’t help, by Bina Limbu, Jeevan Baniya, Manoj Suji and Sara Shneiderman (kp 19/02/2019)

Housing grant distribution halted in Dolakha (ht 19/02/2019)

Uncertainty looms over Dharahara project: National Reconstruction Authority in dilemma as the firm deemed fit for the job is facing corruption case, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/02/2019)

Sindhupalchowk to wrap up reconstruction soon (rep 13/02/2019)

32 return grant money in Kavre district (ht 12/02/2019)

Quake victims running away from elected reps!, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 12/02/2019)

Monumental apathy: In the rush to reconstruct, the government must adhere to protocol (kp 11/02/2019)

Use of concrete in ancient temple draws ire from heritage conservationists, by Anup Ojha (kp 08/02/2019)

Deconstructing reconstruction: Heritage activism foils disastrous reconstruction in Kathmandu Valley after the 2015 earthquake, by Alok Siddhi Tuladhar (nt 08/02/2019), Our past is our future (nt 08/02/2019), Learning from Nepal’s past to rebuild its future: Kathmandu Valley rebuilt itself after every earthquake, preserving for posterity its traditional craftsmanship, by Prakriti Kandel (nt 08/02/2019)

Watchdog draws authority’s attention to one-roomed houses: Transparency International-Nepal alerts the reconstruction body about the suspected bid of families to build small houses to claim the grant, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/02/2019)

NRA gets responsibility to rebuild Rani Pokhari (ht 05/02/2019)

Reconstruction in northern Gorkha halted for a week, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 02/02/2019)

NRA hands over reconstruction responsibility to local govts (ht 01/02/2019)

1,500 displaced quake victims receive land plots in safer locations, by Kumbharak Rai (kp 31/01/2019)

Reconstruction in Barkpak encouraging, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 29/01/2019)

Four winters passed under huts, quake survivors say, by Balaram Ghimire (kp 28/01/2019)

Quake-hit police posts not reconstructed yet, by Pratap Bista (kp 27/01/2019)

Think beyond grants: A blanket approach of distributing Rs 300,000 each to all earthquake victims can’t be considered as mission accomplished, by Prakash Budha Magar (rep 27/01/2019)

Earthquake victims return housing grant, by Anish Tiwari (kp 25/01/2019)

NRA allows participation of locals to rebuild temple (ht 24/01/2019)

1,534 earthquake survivors get Rs 2.42b in concessional housing loans (rep 24/01/2019)

Building of Gorkha model settlement incomplete (kp 22/01/2019)

120 school buildings rebuilt in Lamjung (ht 16/01/2019)

PM admits NRA won’t complete task in its tenure, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 15/01/2019)

Resilient reconstruction: Comply with building codes, by Ramesh Guragain (ht 15/01/2019)

Failed scheme: The government should launch an inquiry as to why the marginalised families abandoned the houses built for them (ht 14/01/2019)

Post-quake reconstruction to be completed in 2 years: NRA chief (rep 11/01/2019)

Snowfall adds chill to quake survivors’ lives, by Anish Tiwari (kp 09/01/2019)

NSU protests delay in Rani Pokhari reconstruction (ht 09/01/2019)

1,364 get last tranche of housing grant (ht 09/01/2019)

Over 15,000 quake victims in Barpak yet to lay foundation of their houses, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 07/01/2019)

NRA passes guidelines for rebuilding gumbas, by Sanjaya Lama (kp 05/01/2019)

Slow-paced Reconstruction Works, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 03/01/2019)

No grant for 1,000 quake victim families (ht 03/01/2018) [related to Makwanpur district alone]

India, China yet to rebuild school buildings, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 03/01/2019)

Reconstruction of Kavre schools to be complete by next year (kp 03/01/2019)

Nuwakot local units to facilitate post-earthquake reconstruction: The authority will identify the names of the fake beneficiaries and remove them from the grant list (kp 02/01/2019)

Officials struggle to identify fake earthquake victims, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 30/12/2018)

248 quake-damaged govt buildings reconstructed (ht 29/12/2018)

Reconstruction of quake-hit roads, cultural heritage sluggish (rep 27/12/2018)

Quake survivors live on the edge despite tall claims: According to the authority, only 2,000 vulnerable beneficiaries—people above 70 years and single women above 65—have received Rs50,000 grant, by Anil Giri (kp 26/12/2018)

10% quake victims yet to sign housing grant agreement: NRA (rep 26/12/2018)

77pc progress in reconstruction of private housing (ht 26/12/2018)

Quake victims still awaiting relocation to safer sites, by Himnath Devkota (rep 25/12/2018)

Many rebuilt houses in Lamjung fail to meet govt criteria (ht 25/12/2018)

30,000 quake-hit families in Dolakha still homeless, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 20/12/2018)

25,000 quake survivors receive free helpline service (rep 15/12/2018)

70 percent houses rebuilt in Rasuwa, by Himnath Devkota (rep 13/12/2018)

Earthquake victim returns housing grant to NRA after failing to rebuild on time, by Sikhar Jung Shrestha (rep 13/12/2018)

Makwanpur quake victims seek land, by Pratap Bista (kp 09/12/2018)

Business booms in Singati despite risk: More people are pouring in to explore opportunities in this commercial centre of Gaurishankar, Kalinchok and Bigu rural municipalities  in Dolakha, by Arpan Shrestha (kp 06/12/2018)

545 victims in Khotang receive third tranche of housing grant (rep 06/12/2018)

Kalika becomes first village in Sindhupalchowk to complete reconstruction, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 04/12/2018)

Singati locals rebuilding houses on landslide prone area, ignoring warning (ht 04/12/2018)

Houses built for quake victims leaking (ht 04/12/2018)

Reconstruction process sluggish in Kathmandu Valley, by Biken K Dawadi (29/11/2018)

Beyond the mandate (ht 26/11/2018)

40,379 homes built in Gorkha since quake, by Harihar Uprety (kp 23/11/2018)

42 months after quake, victims still await housing grant, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 18/11/2018)

Authority rebuilds 75pc damaged schools (kp 17/11/2018) [related to Sindhupalchok only]

Govt Rs 150b short for housing grants, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 17/11/2018)

Local bodies to develop unified settlements for quake victims, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 16/11/2018)

Quake victims resettling in vulnerable settlements, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 15/11/2018)

Reconstruction technicians irresponsible, say local level chiefs (ht 15/11/2018)

173 victims receive third instalment of grant (ht 15/11/2018)

Local levels told to expedite rebuilding work (ht 14/11/2018)

Reconstruction for retention: The government must invest in completely restoring heritage sites, by Prayash Raj Koirala (kp 12/11/2018)

Subsidised credit for quake victims: Regulator orders banks to disburse loans, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 11/11/2018)

Ranipokhari reconstruction work to be delayed further: Culture Ministry informs Archaeology Department to reconsider temple’s design, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 08/11/2018)

Singha Durbar rebuilding to begin from year-end: Consultants conclude that the  structure of the building is  completely safe, which means it can be brought to use by retrofitting, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 06/11/2018)

Quake victims yet to get grants even after building homes as per rules, by Shuvam Dhungana (rep 04/11/2018)

Construction of Earthquake Memorial Park yet to pick up the pace, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 04/11/2018)

3 years after quake, iconic heritage sites still in shambles, by Biken K Dawadi (rep 31/10/2018)

Authority  rejigs  outlay as global donors go cold, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 30/10/2018)

Works in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur progress slowly: NRA Chief says, We will soon resolve issues to ensure reconstruction of private homes completes on time (kp 28/10/2018)

Earthquake victims file 650 cases against NRA, by Sher Bahadur Jero (rep 27/10/2018)

NRA ends concessional loans to rebuild homes (kp 23/10/2018) [And what about the victims in the a7 districts that are so far not under consideration?]

Dharahara reconstruction to kick off before Tihar (kp 22/10/2018)

Negligence in reconstruction: Kids studying in 'classroom' made of tin sheets, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 16/10/2018)

Reconstruction pace slow in urban areas: Only around 35% of quake survivors in Kathmandu Valley have started rebuilding their houses (rep 16/10/2018)

42,000 quake-damaged houses rebuilt in Dolakha (ht 16/10/2018)

Poor show: With more than 50pc of the quake-affected households yet to receive grant, the NRA has failed to live up to expectations (ht 15/10/2018) [Still no support at all for victims in 17 districts who suffer in the same way as those in the other 14 districts!]

Heritage sites work to ‘start soon’: National Reconstruction Authority Chief Executive Officer Gyewali vows ‘significant progress within a year’ (kp 14/10/2018)

Health facilities still operating from tents (ht 14/10/2018)

NRA to finalise cost of remaining reconstruction works by end of year, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (rep 14/10/2018)

NRA warns legal action against delinquent staff: A number of engineers hired by the NRA to assess the reconstruction works have been accused of abandoning their project sites (kp 10/10/2018)

NRA to send senior engineers to local levels to ease reconstruction (rep 10/10/2018)

Quake survivors demand aid (kp 10/10/2018)

Government tweaks loan norms, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 09/10/2018)

Rebuilding body endorses plan for four settlements (kp 08/10/2018)

Authority grants Rs50k to rebuild homes retaining Bungmati legacy (kp 07/10/2018)

NRA to recover grant from ineligible people: People with a habitable home apart from the house impacted by the quake should return the grant within three months (kp 03/10/2018)

Cultural town Dolakha bazaar rising from rubble, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 29/09/2018)

53 pc of quake-damaged houses rebuilt (rep 29/09/2018) [Data of many districts still not included!], Authority rebuilds 296,514 houses damaged by quake (kp 30/09/2018)

Rani Pokhari reconstruction: Authority to start rebuilding work (kp 27/09/2018), Rani Pokhari blunder Queen’s pond lies in ruins as a  picture of official incompetence (kp 28/09/2018)

Women masons help build stronger homes in Makwanpur (kp 27/09/2018)

Quake-affected to be able to get subsidised credit (ht 27/09/2018)

Nepal to discuss rebuilding drive at UN (kp 26/09/2018)

Quake victims in Kavre deprived of aid, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 25/09/2018)

NRA to prioritize housing for the poor: Gyewali, by Madhusudan Guragain (kp 25/09/2018), Subsidized housing loan for quake survivors to be scrapped from mid-October (rep 24/09/2018)

Huge difference in budget for construction of similar classrooms: Classrooms being built using regular govt grants are not quake-resilient, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 24/09/2018)

Quake damaged houses yet to be repaired (ht 24/09/2018) [related to Ramechhap]

Donors’ help sought for rebuilding (kp 22/09/2018)

Rebuilding body offers help to Pashupati trust: National Reconstruction Authority asks the temple authority to come up with a master plan to rebuild quake-damaged structures (kp 20/09/2018)

Liping Bazar still lifeless due to government apathy, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 20/09/2018)

Nepal needs Rs 600b to complete reconstruction, says NRA chief (kp 17/09/2018)

Restored Manakamana Temple sparkles in gold, by Hariram Uprety (kp 15/09/2018) [Do the destroyed private houses of the predominantly poor families sparkle in the same way??]

Expert to submit Singha Durbar report next week (kp 15/09/2018)

Quake victims' fourth monsoon under tent, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 12/09/2018) [The extremely competent and active politicians and administrators should be honoured!!]

Sankhu monuments await reconstruction (kp 11/09/2018)

6,550 quake victims yet to start building houses in Sindhupalchowk, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 08/09/2018)

Panel empowers lawmakers to inspect quake-hit homes, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 07/09/2018)

Work on apartment for poorer quake survivors put on hold since February: Policy to identify beneficiaries delaying work: NRA, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 06/09/2018)

JV of Raman and GIETC bags Dharahara rebuilding contract, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 03/09/2018)

Reconstruction of monasteries going nowhere since two years, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 02/09/2018)

The cost of reconstruction: Controversy after controversy has plagued the Rani Pokhari ever since reconstruction began over two years ago, by Anup Ojha (kp 25/08/2018)

Lost in reconstruction: The earthquake did not just destroy Barpak, it demolished its architectural heritage, by Shiva Uprety (nt 24/08/2018), The baker of Barpak: A village destroyed by the 2015 earthquake celebrates life through good food, by Tara Aryal Pandey (nt 23/08/2018)

Funds elude Ramechhap victims: Geologists had declared the region as a landslide-risk zone and recommended the authorities to move the villages to safer locations, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 23/08/2018)

Chepangs without land deeds denied grants (kp 23/08/2018)

NRA approves five integrated settlement plans (kp 23/08/2018)

Reconstruction fails to gain momentum (ht 21/08/2018)

Gyewali back as NRA chief, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 16/08/2018) [?? Political nominations go unabated!], Hired, fired, rehired: Reappointed to the National Reconstruction Authority, Sushil Gyewali wants to devolve rebuilding to local governments, by Om Astha Rai (nt 24/08/2018)

Lack of CEO hits reconstruction work: NRA had committed to building 722,101 houses by the end of next fiscal but it has built only 50 per cent of houses so far, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 12/08/2018)

Post-quake villages resemble cities, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 11/08/2018)

Additional time for grant distribution (kp 10/08/2018)

Authority claims over 37pc private homes reconstructed (kp 09/08/2018) [In 14 of the affected 31 districts only???]

Desertion at earthquake camp: Hundreds of families leave Gupsipakha earthquake camp and return to Laprak, their old village that has been declared unsafe for human habitation by geologists, by Hariram Uprety (kp 08/08/2018)

Quake victims urge PM for availing house grant, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 08/08/2018)

Engineering Nepal’s reconstruction: Nepal needs engineers who know how to communicate, not just with policymakers and other experts but with villagers, by Tom Robertson (rep 08/08/2018)

Govt still undecided on new NRA CEO (rep 06/08/2018) [This unimportant and inefficient NRA does not need a CEO?], Appoint NRA CEO ASAP (rep 08/08/2018)

10 quake victim families provided land in Makwanpur, by Ashok Sujan Shrestha (rep 06/08/2018)

Quake-displaced in Kaule refuse to return to native village (kp 06/08/2018)

Reconstruction of Durbar High School begins (kp 04/08(2ß18)

449 receive second tranche of housing grant (ht 03/08/2018)

Multiple land ownership land delays rebuilding (kp 02/08/2018)

976 classrooms await reconstruction in Gorkha, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 31/07/2018)

Pledge and reality: Although there is discrepancy between pledge and committed amount, World Bank has reassured NRA to meet the  pledge, by Chandra Bahadur Shrestha (rep 31/07/2018)

India presents Rs 2.1 billion housing grant to Nepal: Indian aid reimburses first tranche of grant given to 42,086 victims in Nuwakot and Gorkha (kp 28/07/2018) [And when will govt and NRA start to provide aid to the victims in the 17 so far completely disregarded districts?]

Quake displaced endure 3 years in filmsy shacks: Earthquake survivors, who are taking refuge in temporary camps, pin hopes the government will provide them Rs200,000 to purchase land plots, by Anish Tiwari (kp 27/07/2018)

Khotang quake victims receive 2nd tranche of housing grant (kp 27/07/2018)

Distribution of quake grant halted in Sindhupalchowk (rep 27/0772018)

Rebuilding Dharahara: NRA seeks information on 6 Chinese firms from Chinese Embassy, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 23/07/2018)

NRA work stalls without a CEO (kp 22/07/2018) [Given the snail's pace at which the work of the NRA is proceeding, there is not much to stall!]

Nepal seeks India nod to switch $750m credit line (kp 20/07/2018) [No more need for reconstruction? The Indian conditions are as destructive as the Nepalese conditions on the work of NGOs under the guise of NIP!]

Lack of work procedure to repair houses puts quake victims in a fix (ht 19/07/2018)

Around 2,000 fake victims seek earthquake aid, by Hariram Uprety (kp 17/07/2018) [Related to Gorkha only! Compared to the more than 60,000 destroyed houses there, not aven half this number has been reconstructed!!]

Over 200k households get 3rd tranche of aid (kp 16/07/2018) [Still only for earthquake victims in 14 of the 31 affected districts!]

Sindhupalchowk adds 3,307 quake victims to beneficiary list, by Dhruva Dangal (rep 15/7/2018)

NRA almost defunct without CEO (rep 14/07/2018)

Elderly people from northern Dhading unwilling to relocate, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 13/07/2018)

Building homes on a deadline: Deadline for earthquake reconstruction makes survivors erect sheds to claim payment, by Om Astha Rai (nt 13/07/2018)

Govt starts Durbar High School demolition, by Diya Dhakal (rep 13/97/2018)

20 percent reconstruction works completed in Sindhuli, by Anil Bhandari (rep 11/07/2018)

Monsoon starts stealing sleep of flood victims, by Arjun Oli (rep 10/07/2018)

Lamjung quake victims still awaiting government grant (ht 09/07/2018)

Bhusal thanks govt as NRA looks to fifth CEO in 3 years, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 06/07/2018)

Reconstruction of Durbar High School begins (ht 03/07/2018)

Quake victims forced to build two houses, by Daman Rai (rep 02/07/2018)

Authority endorses 6,282 beneficiaries (kp 30/06/2018)

NRA: 70 pc quake victims start rebuilding houses (rep 29/06/2018) [And what about the most affected people in the other districts? They fas the same hardships and have the same rights!], 69.47 per cent beneficiaries of housing grant rebuilding houses (ht 29/06/2018)

Quake victims in Valley deprived of housing grant due to land disputes (kp 25/06/2018)

Over 20,000 quake victims might have to spend fourth monsoon under tents, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 22/06/2018)

Lack of land stalls school rebuilding in hills (kp 20/06/2018)

29,493 families to get retrofitting grant (kp 20/06/2018) [Still only related to 14 of the 31 affected diistricts!]

6,736 families ‘ineligible’ for house rebuilding grant (kp 18/06/2018)

The tangled web of debt, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 15/06/2018)

Elderly and women left for reconstruction after youths rush to pick Yarsagumba, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 12/06/2018)

Over 400,000 families receive second tranche (kp 08/06/2018) [Still only related to 14 of the 31 affected diistricts!]

Khatiwada urges transparency in using grants to rebuild houses (kp 06/05/2018) [?? Which grants? Most of the affected families in the 31 districts have not got anything even after more than 3 years!], 7,000 families in Makwanpur yet to receive housing aid: Officials say the problem emerged because these families do not have land ownership documents, by Pratap Bista (kp 07/06/2018)

NRA amending directive to quicken grant distribution (rep 04/06/2018), Authority expands housing aid lists (kp 05/06/2018)

NRA starts retrofitting Singha Durbar (kp 03/06/2018)

Locals of Gorkha head to pick yarsa to clear reconstruction loans, by Narahari Sapkota (reop 03/06/2018)

Some quake victims in Daman receive second tranche of grant, by Daman Rai (rep 03/06/2018)

Yarsha village finally rises from rubbles, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 03/06/2018)

NRA budget up 3.35pc to Rs151.08b (kp 30/05/2018)

Gorkha contractors delay projects completion and seek deadline extension, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 28/05/2018)

NRA adds over 5,000 beneficiaries to aid list (kp 27/05/2018)

Fear of losing grant forces quake victims to build houses in a rush (rep 27/05/2018)

Lack of fund hits rebuilding of university properties (kp 27/05/2018)

Intense lobbying going on to replace NRA CEO (rep 27/05/2018)

Pokharel vows to rebuild all schools in two years (kp 22/05/2018) [??]

Quake victims in Khotang yet to get second tranche of housing grant (ht 22/05/2018)

Quake victims toil 7hrs uphill with construction materials, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 22/05/2018)

NRA revises down cost of reconstruction (ht 21/05/2018) [If you wait for some more decades, it will not cost anything! Affected families in 17 districts have not got anything so far. Reconstructiion costs are rising day by day!]

Top officials' transfer could delay reconstruction: NRA chief (rep 20/05/2018) [?? The delay is already unimmaginable!!]

Shortage of materials, manpower affects heritage reconstruction, by Biken K. Dawadi (rep 16/05/2018)

US and NRA to rebuild schools: Envoy Teplitz and NRA chief Bhusal open Kanya Mandir reconstruction (kp 13/05/2018)

NRA seeks renegotiation of Indian credit, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/05/2018)

Reconstruction on risky lands, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 07/05/2018)

Rebuilding of Dharahara to begin this fiscal: NRA (kp 06/05/2018)

Reconstruction work at snail’s pace in Bhojpur district (ht 04/05/2018)

NRA relocates 46 quake-hit families: NRA has so far resettled 66 of the 324 families living in landslide-prone areas in Nuwakot district (kp 01/05/2018)

Quake victims pressing for building integrated settlement, by Dhurba Dangal (ht 01/05/2018)

NRA completes survey of 996,582 private homes for grant disbursement (kp 30/04/2018), 7.5 percent Province 3 quake victims yet to sign contract for housing grant, by Ashok Sujan Shrestha (rep 30/04/2018)

Reconstruction almost completed in Rampur (ht 29/04/2018)

Norway, Germany hand over school (kp 28/04/2018)

Debt and Deadlines: While there has been important progress in  housing reconstruction, especially over the last year, the question is: At what price?, by Peter Gill (kp 28/04/2018)

Nepal’s female masons dig deep to lay foundations for change and renewal: When a lack of trained builders hampered reconstruction in earthquake-hit Nepal, women stepped up to the plate—yet their resourcefulness has perturbed some traditionalists, by Pete Pattisson (kp 28/04/2018)

Not even a single house rebuilt in three years, by Mukti Prasad Nyaupane (rep 28/04/2018) [related to Palpa]

Victims suffer as rebuilding work drags: Two former NRA chiefs slam slow progress; Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli urges international donors to fulfill their pledges, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 26/04/2018), Reconstucted houses in Dolakha ‘unfit to live’, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 26/04/2018), Displaced families still live in temporary huts, by Madhav Aryal (kp 26/04/2018), One-third of classrooms rebuilt in three years (kp 26/04/2018), Only 30 households in Chitwan receive third tranche of quake grant, by Sabita Shrestha (rep 27/04/2018)

NRA: Private houses to be built within next fiscal: Poor track record makes claim hard to believe; According to the NRA, reconstruction of 100  heritage sites has been over while work is yet to begin at 324 sites (kp 25/04/2018), Quake survivors still in unsafe homes, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 25/04/2018), Costs of reconstruction: Resources must be expeditiously mobilised to carry reconstruction work to completion (kp 25/04/2018), sefulness outlived? Three years after the devastating quake, questions are now being asked whether the NRA has become a white elephant and outlived its utility (ht 25/04/2018), Three years on, post-quake recovery limping, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 25/04/2018), Three years on, quake-displaced living on horns of dilemma, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 25/04/2018), Quake epicenter Barpak on slow road to recovery, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 25/04/2018), Plight of many quake victims still unchanged (rep 25/04/2018), 85pc heritage monuments yet to be rebuilt (ht 25/04/2018), Usefulness outlived? Three years after the devastating quake, questions are now being asked whether the NRA has become a white elephant and outlived its utility (ht 25/04/2018), Rebuilding right way: Involving women in a meaningful way is the need of the time to complete the reconstruction process, by Prerana Marasini (rep 25/04/2018)

Bojhini locals set example of integrated settlement, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 25/04/2018)

Quake recovery hits new hurdle: Survivors building 1-room homes (kp 24/04/2018)

NRA seeks NGOs' support to rebuild (ht 24/04/2018)

Billions to rebuild Nepal being misdirected (ht 24/04/2018)

2015 earthquake victims making bricks to reconstruct their houses (ht 24/04/2018)

Sluggish rebuilding hits thousands of students: Govt yet to raise half the funds necessary to rebuild over 5,500 schools, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/04/2018), Quake victims complain reconstruction too slow, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 23/04/2018)

Construction of quake victims' houses limited to foundations (rep 21/04/2018)

How to build back better?, by Suyog Prajapati (nt 20/04/2018)

Reconstruction and resilience, by Jun Sakuma (nt 20/04/2018)

1/3 empty or 2/3 full? Even in developed countries, recovery and reconstruction takes much more than three years to complete, by Nigel Fisher (nt 20/04/2018)

Reconstruction work snail-paced in Kavre, Makawanpur (ht 18/04/2018)

Donors pledging huge reconstruction funds skip NRA meet, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 17/04/2018), Donors ‘reluctant’ to submit details to NRA (rep 18/04/2018), NRA seeks transparent funding from donors (kp 18/04/2018), NRA for more transparency in donor-aided projects, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 19/04/2018)

39.05% more housing grant beneficiaries than 2011 census data, by Bishnu Tamang (rep 16/04/2018)

Rebuilding in Makwanpur unlikely to be completed even in next 5 yrs, by Pratap Bista (kp 12/04/2018)

'NRA labels severely damaged houses as partially damaged', by Daman Rai (rep 12/04/2018)

NRA planning to revise govt-WB agreement: Move aimed at easing the process of extending reconstruction grants to earthquake survivors, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 12/04/2018)

India-funded post-quake housing reconstruction project starts (kp 12/04/2018)

Central project units now under NRA, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 10/03/2018)

NRA under pressure over restoring Singha Durbar (rep 10/04/2018)

Delays in rebuilding school, health facilities (kp 09/02/2018)

NRA spends Rs 102 billion in FaLgun (kp 07/04/2018)

NRA extends 2nd grant date to mid july (kp 04/04/2018)

Government ready to revise policies to ensure grant for earthquake survivors (ht 04/04/2018)

Quake-damaged buildings in Bhaktapur yet to be reconstructed (ht 03/04/2018)

More than 3,000 still living in vulnerable zone (kp 02/04/2018), Quake-ravaged school buildings yet to be reconstructed (kp 02/04/2018)

Quake-hit families who rebuilt houses on their own to get grant, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 02/04/2018)

FM says post-quake reconstruction sluggish (rep 31/03/2018), Three years on, cash crunch hinders post-quake reconstruction, by Sanjeev Giri and Chandan K. Mandal (kp 01/04/2018), 3 years on, home rebuilding by quake victims still uncertain, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 01/04/2018)

NRA plea to ease loan process (kp 28/03/2018)

Govt plans to retrofit houses in one year, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 27/03/2018), Retrofitting training for 12,000 masons, 2,000 engineers in April (rep 28/03/2018), Quake-proof: NRA has to follow through with retrofitting efforts; rhetoric alone will not suffice (kp 28/03/2018)

Malla-era town at risk following big earthquake (rep 27/03/2018)

NRA mulls setting up its own units in quake-hit districts (rep 26/03/2018)

Quake-damaged schools in Gorkha yet to be rebuilt: SEE exams being conducted under makeshift tents, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 23/03/2018)

NRA releases nearly Rs10b for private houses (kp 23/03/2018), NRA authorises CLPIU to spend Rs 9.95 billion (ht 23/03/2018), NRA delegates spending authority to ministry: Now Ministry of Local Development will distribute housing grant tranches to victims (rep 23/03/2018)

Water shortage halts reconstruction in Sindhuli, by Anil Bhandari (rep 22/03/2018)

Over 300,000 families qualified for 2nd tranche (kp 20/03/2018)

NRA asks stakeholders to pick up rebuilding pace in Valley (kp 20/03/2018)

Over 150,000 workers mobilized for reconstruction, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 20/03/2018)

Khotang quake victims to get remaining govt grant soon (ht 17/03/2018)

Sindhupalchowk's Majhi people help each other to rebuild homes, by Dhurba Dangal (rep 17/03/2018)

Locals appreciating retrofitting of their mud houses, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 15/03/2018)

69 families agree on house pooling proposal, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/03/2018)

Fewer women in quake rebuilding work says survey (kp 10/03/2018)

Quake victims not building homes despite getting grants, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 08/03/2018)

Step on it: Political meddling, the cumbersome bureaucratic hierarchy and processes within the NRA have delayed reconstruction, by Manavi Paudel (kp 06/03/2018)

Post-quake reconstruction woefully slow in Ramechhap, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 06/03/2018)

Case filed over ‘violation’ of rebuilding standards (kp 06/03/2018)

NRA drops plan to convert ancient palaces into hotels (kp 06/03/2018)

Quake victims hassled getting housing grant (ht 04/03/2018)

Quake victim families purchase land: Twenty-four households received Rs 200,000 each (ht 03/03/2018)

Curious case of missing cabinet decision: Quake grant hike not in list of outgoing Deuba govt's cabinet decisions (rep 01/03/2018)

Quake victims still deprived of grant (ht 01/03/2018)

Houses not meeting NRA housing design criteria retrofitted (ht 01/03/2018)

Quake victims get into debt constructing their homes, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 28/02/2018), Quake victims assisting each other in reconstruction, by Bhagwati Lama (rep 28/02/2018)

100k houses rebuilt in 26 months: NRA (kp 27/02/2018), More engineers armed with tablet computers (kp 27/02/2018)

Reconstruction messed up in Dhading, by Shankar Shrestha and Sarita Shrestha (rep 25/02/2018)

78 quake-displaced families forced to live in community forest, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 24/02/2018)

NRA launches website to share info on rebuilding: The system will aid in  project monitoring and keep track of work progress (kp 22/02/2018) [see corresponding website]

Quake victims deprived of grant (ht 20/02/2018)

Experts know best: Building plans account for seismic resilience, but lack of experts overseeing construction undermines efforts, by Cara Buchan (kp 19/02/2018)

Plan to build houses cost free for quake victims: Nepal Reconstruction Authority move to benefit four categories, by Anup Ojha (kp 18/02/2018)

Quake victims deprived of state grants (ht 16/02/2018)

Government extends deadline for second tranche of grant: National Reconstruction Authority says extension will benefit more families, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/02/2018) [Still only related to 14 of the 31 affected districts], 3,451 households yet to get second tranche of housing grant (ht 10/02/2018)

All houses look similar in Sindhuli after reconstruction, by Anil Bhandari (rep 10/02/2018)

Relearning to build back better: Earthquakes provide Nepal with a regular opportunity to revive traditional art, by Anil Chitrakar (nt 09/02/2018)

Plan to develop multi-ownership housing: NRA; Several members of the family will jointly own the house under the new model of housing (kp 09/02/2018)

Quake-affected families yet to rebuild homes (kp 06/02/2018)

Elusive government grants: Earthquake survivors face endless hassles and  paperwork as they rebuild their homes, by Jagat Basnet (kp 06/02/2018)

Guchhiwang quake victims reluctant to return and rebuild destroyed homes, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (rep 01/02/2018)

Donors did not agree to our new proposal to simplify grants distribution process, interview with Yubaraj Bhusal, CEO of NRA (rep)

Only 57 quake-damaged houses in KMC rebuilt so far: 1,470 constructed out of 43,609 damaged houses in Kathmandu district, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 31/01/2018)

Reconstruction work gathers pace in Sindhupalchowk, by Dhurba Dangal (rep 31/01/2018)

Interest-free loan scheme for quake victims yet to begin (rep 29/01/2018)

Snow adds to quake victims’ woes (ht 26/01/2018)

Earthquake victims to get additional grant of one lakh rupees (ht 25/01/2018) [??], Govt ups home reconstruction grant to Rs 400,000 (rep 25/01/2018) [A decision by a no longer legitimate government that is not even able to provide the first (50.000Rs) and second (150.000Rs) tranches to all affected people!!!], Quake victims welcome reconstruction grant hike, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 26/01/2018), NRA unable to provide additional Rs 100,000 to quake victims, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 28/01/2018)

Ramechhap quake victims to get timber for house reconstruction (ht 24/01/2018)

Quake victims could miss second tranche of grant due to PM's busy schedule (rep 24/01/2018)

Hike in the prices of construction materials halts reconstruction again, by Anil Bhandari (rep 22/01/2018)

Quake victims who built homes themselves deprived of grant, by Bhagawati Lama (rep 20/01/2018)

Poor show: NRA presented rosy picture of reconstruction on its second anniversary but the truth is it has failed to deliver, by David Kainee (rep 18/01/2018)

Untrained masons rebuilding quake-damaged houses (ht 18/01/2018)

Schools displaced by quake-induced landslide yet to resume, by Himnath Devkota (rep 18/01/2018)

Patients being treated in tents in Dhading (ht 18/01/2018)

Second grant tranche: 385,657 beneficiaries miss deadline, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 16/01/2018) [We are still talking about only 14 of 31 affected districts!!], Over 80 percent quake victims miss deadline for second tranche of housing grant (rep 16/01/2018), Quake victims slam delays in receiving housing grants, by Narahari Sapkota (ht 16/01/2018), 50,000 quake-hit families yet to start rebuilding in Kavre; Only 14,223 houses built in Dhading, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 17/01/2018), No second tranche of housing grant for earthquake victims: National Reconstruction Authority to build houses for helpless and elderly persons in Kavre (ht 17/01/2018), Tardy pace: The pace of rebuilding individual houses is so slow that NRA, it seems, will never be able to accomplish its mission (ht 17/01/2018), 45 pc Rasuwa quake victims set to get second tranche grant, by Himnath Devkota (rep 17/01/2018)

Okhaldhunga quake victims deprived of housing grant (ht 15/01/2018)

NRA to allow quake victims to choose land for rebuilding houses, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 14/01/2018)

Betrayed by delay: Many houses would have been rebuilt by now if the government had not promised reconstruction grants, by Ravi Lochan Paudyal (rep 14/01/2018)

NRA to up reconstruction aid for families with no breadwinner (rep 14/01/2018)

Quake victims get first tranche of housing grant (ht 14/01/2018) [related to Lamjung]

NRA starts shifting  risky settlement from Sindhupalchok (kp 12/01/2018)

Families in risky settlements seek collective relocation (rep 11/01/2018)

Quake survivors hit by shortage of construction goods in Gorkha, by Sudip Kaini (kp 10/01/2018)

Quake victims’ children suffer from pneumonia (ht 09/01/2018)

‘Quake survivors can get free house design approval’ (kp 08/01/2018)

Reconstruction on cracked land, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 07/01/2017)

Labor crunch affects reconstruction, by Bhagawati Lama (rep 06/01/2018)

Quake victims await grant in chilly winte, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 05/01/2018)

Building materials shortage add to woes of Sindhuli quake victims (kp 04/01/2018)

Classes at quake-damaged schools still under tents, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 03/01/2018)

Female masons making their marks in reconstruction, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 02/01/2018)

Lack of coordination affects reconstruction work (ht 01/01/2018)

Reconstruction finally picks up pace after 32 months of earthquake, by Anil Bhandari (rep 30/12/2017) [related to Sindhuli]

Reconstruction matters: NRA’s claim that reconstruction will be  completed in the next six-months is dubious (kp 29/12/2017), Too slow a pace: Some of the beneficiaries whose houses were damaged in the quake have been deprived of government aid (ht 29/12/2017)

NRA officials pledge to expedite reconstruction (ht 28/12/2017) [??], Reconstruction work slow in Dhading (ht 28/12/2017)

Quake survivors battling with extreme cold, by Kishan Sangeet Nepali (rep 26/12/2017), Quake victims lack resources to rebuild (ht 27/12/2017), Post-quake reconstruction: Only 11 pc private homes built so far, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 28/12/2017)

15,000 families yet to get 2nd tranche of housing grant (ht 25/12/2017) [related to Makwanpur district only]

Reconstruction moving at a snail’s pace in Bhaktapur (ht 23/12/2017), No end in sight to quake victims’ plight (ht 23/12/2017), Over 3,500 families receive housing grant (ht 23/12/2017)

Quake victims to spend third winter in tents, by Madhusudan Guragain (rep 20/12/2017) [This is a grave crime committed by politicians, NRA and other administrators!!], In despair, quake victims living on flood-prone riverbank, by Shiva Hari Ghimire (rep 21/12/2017), NRA targets to complete construcion of 450,000 houses by this fiscal (rep 21/12/2017) [??]

Only 5,565 quake-damaged houses rebuilt in Gorkha, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 19/12/2017)

WB provides $300m for housing rebuild (kp 18/12/2017)

Cement use in Jaya Bageshwori restoration draws criticism, by Anup Ojha and Sanjit Bhakta Pradhananga (kp 12/12/2017)

Earthquake disaster: Reconstruction and recovery, by Bidyaman Mahatara (ht 12/12/2017)

Pilachhen’s resolve to create model from rubble: Two and a half years after the 2015 earthquake, the ancient settlement of Pilachhen in Patan is transforming pain into hope and emerging as a model project for reconstruction and cultural promotion, by Prawash Gautam (kp 09/12/2017)

Shortage of timber hits reconstruction of monuments, by Ayam Shrestha (rep 06/12/2017)

NRA gearing up to rebuild Dharahara on its own (ht 02/12/2017)

Resettlement process under way, says NRA (kp 26/11/2017)

Reconstruction work snail-paced (ht 26/11/2017)

NRA move to involve local reps backfires: Leaders demanding more role, populist programmes, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 24/11/2017) [??]

Real reconstruction authorities, by Yubaraj Bhusal (nt 24/11/2017)

126,326 households added to NRA list of beneficiaries (kp 23/11/2017) [Still only related to 14 of the 31 affected districts; people in other districts obviously don't need any help!]

NRA to train 54,000 masons by mid-Jan ’18 (kp 19/11/2017)

Quake survivors have until mid-Dec to file plaints: NRA (kp 17/11/2017)

NRA asks local units to address survivors’ plaints (kp 14/11/2017)

NRA issues 28-point declaration (kp 05/11/2017) [Still only related to 14 of the 31 affected districts; people in other districts obviously don't need any help!]

‘Change in leadership won’t impact rebuilding’ (kp 30/10/2017) [But it must have impact! It cannot fo on at snail's pace as it did before!!], NRA chief executive Bhushal meets development partners (ht 30/10/2017)

Reconstruction reassessment halted (ht 27/10/2017)

NRA could organise another donor meet if needed: Bhusal (ht 26/10/2017) [Not the donors have been the problem but govt and NRA!!!]

Substantial results in 3 months: Bhusal (kp 25/10/2017) [Please take time! Your predecessors have done the same. Earthquake victims do not need reconstruction of their houses this winter as well!], New NRA CEO Bhusal assumes office (ht 25/10/2017), ‘All displaced families will have new homes before monsoon’ (kp 26/10/2017) [??]

Quake victims struggle to receive grants, by Madhusudan Guragain (rep 24/10/2017)

2,456 educational institutions reconstructed so far (ht 23/10/2017)

Reconstruction grant distribution procedure: Quake-hit can rebuild in adjoining district (kp 17/10/2017)

Over 200k houses rebuilt or under construction: NRA (kp 17/10/2017), Houses under construction and rebuilt crosses 200,000: NRA (ht 17/10/2017), 58,656 houses built for quake survivors (ht 18/10/2017)

Quake-ravaged schools finally getting rebuilt, by Pratap Bista (kp 16/10/2017) [related to Makwanpur]

Dolakha quake victims deprived of  housing grant (ht 16/10/2017)

Government signs agreements worth $3.07 billion for reconstruction (ht 13/10/2017)

NRA directs BFIs to ease loan process (kp 12/10/2017)

Displaced to get intrest-free loan (kp 10/10/2017), Up to Rs 300,000 interest-free loan to earthquake beneficiaries (ht 10/10/2017) [Do stop talking and finally act!!]

Quake victims walk four days to receive grant (ht 10/10/2017) [meaning 20 pc of the meagre grant after two and a half years have to be spent for the travel!]

Earthquake victims’ absence hits re-survey work in Dolakha (ht 10/10/2017)

Quake victims feel cheated with Earth Bag homes, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 10/10/2017)

Quake survivors in Dolakha struggle to repay loans, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 06/10/2017) [!!]

Housing loan scheme for quake-hit households fails to take off, by Bishnu Tamang (rep 06/10/2017)

Reconstruction gathers momentum in Gorkha, by Sudip Kaini (kp 03/10/2017)

Out in the cold: Govt has to step up reconstruction efforts in coordination with local bodies and survivors (kp 03/10/2017), Only 6.6pc of quake-damaged houses rebuilt till date (ht 03/10/2017)

NRA urges quake survivors to collect 2nd batch of aid on time (kp 21/09/2017), 29 months on, many quake victims yet to get first installment of grant, by Kisaa Sangit Nepali (rep 21/09/2017)

NRA resurvey falls behind schedule (kp 20/09/2017)

Singha durbar restoration: NRA invites EoI for structural assessment, retrofitting (kp 17/09/2017)

Friends in deed: Women in men-less Nepali village didn't wait for government to rebuild flood-hit homes, by Namrata Sharma (nt 15/09/2017)

Lack of raw materials affects reconstruction in Gorkha, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 12/09/2017)

Reconstruction cost to stand at Rs 700bn (ht 11/09/2017)

NRA seeks reconstruction plan, progress from NT, KMC (ht 09/09/2017)

Snail-paced Reconstruction Work, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 07/09/2017)

NRA floats proposal to convert ancient palaces into hotels, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 05/09/2017), NRA plans to turn palaces into hotels, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 15/09/2017)

NRA to hire consultant: Move to ease accessing of rebuilding grant from India (kp 01/09/2017)

Documentation error depriving quake victims of grants, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep 29/08/2017)

NRA readies list of quake-hit settlements for relocation (kp 28/08/2017)

Kavre quake victims receive housing grant (ht 27/08/2017)

27 months on, doctors still treating quake-hit patients under tents, by Him Nath Devkota (rep 27/08/2017) [correctly: 28 months!]

NRA paves way to develop integrated settlements (ht 22/08/2017), NRA nod to 3 integrated settlement projects (kp 24/08/2017)

NRA starts resurvey of quake-hit private houses (kp 20/08/2017)

Housing grant withdrawal problems in Khotang (ht 18/08/2017)

Reconstruction fiasco: Quake survivors are living wretched lives as the government can’t get its act together, by Umesh Pokharel (kp 16/08/2017)

NRA deploys 99 engineers to five districts (ht 13/08/2017)

Rebuilding a dream: Progress for many who lost homes in the earthquake is painfully slow, still slower for others, by Marty Logan (rep 11/08/2017)

Tired of waiting: Quake reconstruction work should be delegated to the local level for faster results, by Jeevan Baniya (kp 09/08/2017)

Central level project implementation units: NRA plan falls through as line ministries baulk, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 08/08/2017)

Beyond rebuilding: The NRA’s focus is continuous strengthening of institutional capacity of post-quake executing and implementing agencies, by Govind Raj Pokharel, CEO of NRA (rep 08/08/2017)

NRA initiates process for resurvey (kp 07/08/2017)

Kasthamandap rebuild campaign: Disappointed with NRA decision (kp 04/08/2017), KMC’s meddling in rebuild plan flayed (kp 08/08/2017)

NRA issues Rs 53bn pvthousing grant (ht 03/08/2017)

Reconstruction by I/NGOs sluggish, by Narahari Sapkota and Devendra Basnet (rep 01/08/2017) [Such statements should not be generalised! In heavly affected districts where government support has not even started after almost two and a half years, there are villages where the reconstruction of houses is almost completed with the help of NGOs and foreign friends!!!]

Lawmakers demand immediate distribution of grant to quake survivors (rep 31/07/2017)

Monastery reconstruction: Monks take to streets to protest against delay, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/07/2017)

Integrated settlements: NRA assures project will start before Dashain (kp 26/07/2017)

Retrofitting grant for quake survivors ‘soon’ (kp 24/07/2017)

‘150k families moving in to new homes by Sept’ (kp 23/07/2017) [??], Quake survivors denied second tranche of housing aid, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 23/07/2017), Earthquake victims awaiting housing grant (ht 23/07/2017)

Rebuilding of Sindhu schools delayed, by Anish Tiwari (kp 23/07/2017)

Labour shortage hits reconstruction works (kp 21/07/2017)

Rebuilding for all, by Govind Pokharel (nt 21/07/2017)

Building back alone: An earthquake survivor rebuilt his house and his family’s livelihood all by himself, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 21/07/2017)

NRA’s bid to bring CLPIUs under its ambit rejected (ht 20/07/2017)

House Panel to govt: Complete rebuilding drive within this fiscal (kp 19/07/2017), NRA chief refutes slow progress claims (kp 19/07/2017)

NRA estimates Rs 394.55bn funding gap in reconstruction, by Sabin Mishra (ht 19/07/2017)

Funds crunch set to affect school reconstruction (rep 19/07/2017)

NRA sets mid-July 2018 deadline for beneficiaries (kp 18/07/2017) [?? So far, you have not abserved your own deadlines in any way!!], Collect entire housing grant within this fiscal: NRA (ht 18/07/2017), Only 500 households eligible for third installment, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 18/07/2017)

Not a single college, univ property rebuilt in 2 yrs: The main administrative building of the TU having offices of vice-chancellor, rector and the registrar, was totally destroyed (kp 18/07/2017)

Jure landslide victims to get aid on par with quake survivors, by Anish Tiwari (kp 16/07/2017)

Quake reconstructions stall as victims await 2nd tranche, by Shankar Adhikari (rep 16/07/2017)

Dolakha quake victims await housing grant (ht 16/07/2017)

NRA seeks assistance for mason training (ht 15/07/2017)

Engineers extorting commission from quake victims in Dhading, by Shankar Shrestha (rep 15/07/2017)

3-tier body formed to address plaints (kp 14/07/2017)

Quake victims get third tranche of housing grant (ht 14/07/2017)

Monsoon drenching quake victims once again, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 13/07/2017)

NRA gets Rs 145.93b for ’17-18 (kp 13/07/2017)

Explain delay: The National Reconstruction Authority cannot remain aloof by simply stating that a contract has been signed with the NRNA for building the houses at Laprak (ht 13/07/2017)

Monastery rebuilding delay angers monks: Monks from 14-quake affected districts have formed a struggle committee to press their demand to the government, by Anup Ojha (kp 13/07/2017)

Central level project implementation units: Cabinet indecision puts NRA’s plan in limbo (kp 12/07/2017)

Model settlement in Laprak to be delayed (ht 12/07/2017)

NRA proposes additional grant for traditional settlements (ht 11/07/2017)

NRA addresses quake victims’ complaints (ht 10/07/2017), NRA says 31,979 pending grievances addressed (kp 11/07/2017)

No roof over their heads, by Anish Tiwari (kp 07/07/2017), Post-quake reconstruction fails to pick up pace, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 07/07/2017) [This is a great failure by the state to render assistance even though funds are there!!], Quake victims spending third monsoon in tents, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 07/07/2017), Quake victims forced to live in landslide-prone areas, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 09/07/2017)

Quake victims deprived of housing grant (ht 06/07/2017)

NRA to build integrated settlement in Selang (kp 02/07/2017)

NRA mulls additional aid of Rs 200,000 to quake survivors (ht 01/07/2017)

Delays in house reconstruction: NRA blames worker shortage (kp 30/06/2017)

‘Bring all CLPIUs under NRA ambit’ (ht 30/06/2017)

Dismal NRA performance hits govt fiscal spending target (ht 29/06/2017)

NRA set to mobilise local reps in 2 weeks, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 27/06/2017)

NRA: Pacts worth over $3b signed with donors, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 26/06/2017)

NRA formulates plaint registration procedure (kp 24/06/2017)

Dilapidated Singha Durbar shielded for safety from rains (kp 21/06/2017)

NRA plans to mobilise local unit representatives (ht 21/06/2017)

Tingla residents boycott election (kp 20/06/2017)

Forgotten schools: Classes cannot be conducted during the rains or on particularly hot or cold days, by Vikash Raj Satyal (rep 20/06/2017)

Quake-hit Majhis yet to rebuild houses, lack technical support (ht 19/06/2017)

Two years on: There are several reasons why quake survivors haven’t received the second tranche of govt aid, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 16/06/2017)

Kavre quake victims receive second housing grant instalment (ht 16/06/2017)

Reconstruction of schools snail-paced: DPM Shrestha (ht 16/06/2017)

No building in disaster-prone areas: Rebuilding authority (kp 16/06/2017)

NRA signs housing grant agreement in Dolakha (ht 15/06/2017)

NRA proposes bringing four CLPIUs under its authority, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 15/06/2017)

85pc of quake beneficiaries yet to start rebuilding houses (ht 13/06/2017) [Nobody can start rebuilding houses with 50.000 Rs and a promised second tranche that may arrive at an unknown time in the far future!!]

NRA CEO addresses World Reconstru ction Conference (rep 07/06/2017), NRA chief commits to supporting marginalised people (kp 08/06/2017)

Reconstruction drive in Kavre sees 10 pc progress (ht 06/06/2017)

Post-quake rebuilding: Leaving no one behind; NRA’s strategies will bear fruit when there are effective institutions and capable human resources, by Riya Basnet (rep 06/06/2017)

Newly elected representatives seek role in post-quake works: Concerned by slow recovery, the newly elected officials offer to assist NRA in expediting the reconstruction works, by Sudip Kaini (kp 05/06/2017)

Burning in the aftermath: Earthquake survivors in temporary shelters, especially children, are at risk of burn injuries, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 02/06/2017)

NRA sends team to follow up on complaints (kp 01/06/2017)

NRA launches helpline for queries on post-earthquake reconstruction (ht 01/06/2017)

Women fill in for men in quake reconstruction, by Ashok Sujan Shrestha (rep 27/05/2017)

Quake victims hope elected reps will help them get grant (ht 26/05/2017)

Govt to give loan sans interest to quake-hit (kp 25/05/2017)

Raw materials imports up as construction rebounds, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 23/05/2017)

BFIs’ credit disbursement to construction sector on the rise (ht 18/05/2017)

NRA’s mobile app for better building (kp 10/05/2017)

Earthquake victims cynical about polls, by Rajkumar Parajuli (ht 10/05/2017), Poll candidates snub displaced flood victims: Displaced voters seek written commitment from candidates for resettlement, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 10/05/2017)

Landless quake victims to get additional grant of Rs 200,000 (ht 09/05/2017)

Rising from the rubble: Today, Singati has the look of a boomtown again, there is concrete being laid, houses are being rebuilt, carpenters are busy (nt 05/05/2017)

Playing with our future: Perhaps it is because public schools have been disproportionately affected by the quakes that the authorities’ response has been so slow, by Deepak Thapa (kp 04/05/2017)

2,300 households in need of relocation: Study: Households should be shifted to safer site in next two years to escape further damages, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 04/05/2017)

NRA to help preserve Valley settlements (ht 03/05/2017)

Households in 17 less-affected districts to get grant (ht 03/05/2017)

Health post still functioning under tents (ht 03/05/2017)

Dolakha quake victims weathering storm, snow in temporary shelters (ht 02/05/2017)

Quake survivors still in temporary shelters, by Anish Tiwari (kp 01/05/2017)

Separate and unequal: Reconstruction has failed the mostdisadvantaged, landless sections of people (kp 01/05/2017)

18 out of 51 apartment buildings declared ‘safe’, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 30/04/2017)

Sluggish Reconstruction, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 29/04/2017)

Women in reconstruction: Rasuwa women are taking on new roles to build back better, by Utsav Shakya (kp 29/04/2017)

Rs 308b budget gap for reconstruction: NRA (rep 28/04/2017)

Quake victims in Kavre yet to receive second tranche, by Madhusudan Guragain (rep 28/04/2017)

Reconstructing the reconstruction authority: The contrast between the lethargic NRA and its can-do CEO couldn’t be more stark, by Om Astha Rai (nt 28/04/2017)

Govt for building back better Nepal (kp 27/04/2017) [And when will you start??], Done right, quake recovery raises economic hopes (kp 28/04/2017)

Post-quake rebuilding: Information gap; Better information management could have addressed issues such as poor coordination between development and government agencies, by Saugat Gautam (rep 27/04/2017)

NRA CEO visits quake reconstruction in Dolakha (rep 27/04/2017)

Earthquake displaced in Palpa’s Sukekot yet to receive housing aid, by Madhav Aryal (kp 26/04/2017)

Two years on, reconstruction yet to gain pace in Gorkha, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 26/04/2017)

Nepal: Two years on, the government continues to fail marginalised earthquake survivors (Amnesty International 25/04/2017) [see full reports "What I want is the government to help" and "Building Inequality"], NRA responds to AI report (rep 28/04/2017)

Reconstruction moves at snail’s pace: NRA blames lack of trained workers, funding shortfall (kp 25/04/2017), International community urges for speedy reconstruction (kp 25/04/2017), Unfinished task: Two years have passed since the great earthquake, yet a lot needs to be done (kp 25/04/2017), Delayed grants irk development partners (ht 25/04/2017)

Reconstruction progress remains dismal, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 25/05/2017)

Scientific research Beyond: Gorkha earthquake, by Dipendra Gautam (ht 25/04/2017)

Rebuilding moves at snail’s pace in Dolakha (ht 25/04/2017), Dhading victims left in the lurch (ht 25/04/2017)

Water shortage halts rebuilding in Sindhupalchok, by Anup Ojha (kp 25/04/2017)

The Turbulent Flow Of Indrawati, by Prem Khatry (rn 25/04/2017)

Recovery works far from over, by Anish Tiwaria and Sudip Kaini (kp 24/04/2017), Only one house built in two years, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 24/04/2017) [related to Gaikhura, Ramechhap]

Building retrofitting guidelines published: More than 500,000 residential buildings and 2,656 office buildings were completely destroyed (kp 24/04/2017)

Traditional approach to doing things led to delay in reconstruction, interview with o Govinda Raj Pokharel, CEO of NRA (kp 24/04/2017)

Donors commit to extend 75pc of funds (kp 23/04/2017)

Landless quake survivors to get extra Rs 200,000 (ht 23/04/2017)

Beyond reconstruction: While rebuilding of private and public infrastructure needs to be a key priority for the government, it must not overshadow other crucial needs of the affected people, by Neetu Pokharel and Som Niroula (kp 22/04/2017)

Comprehensive recovery: Initiatives to address quake survivors’ social vulnerability must be scaled up (kp 21/04/2017)

Sindhupalchowk quake victims left in the lurch (ht 21/04/2017)

Righting reconstruction gone wrong: Kathmandu’s youth have taken the lead in lobbying for more sensitive restoration of heritage sites destroyed in the 2015 earthquake, by Alok Tuladhar (nt 21/04/2017)

Philim 2 years later: Two years after the earthquake, a government school reopens in Philim with help from local community and donors (nt 21/04/2017)

Building back unsafe: Property owners in Gongabu continue to flout the building code despite the death and destruction there in the 2015 earthquake, by Om Astha Rai (nt 21/04/2017)

Cementing a future: Locals in Patan are rebuilding by blending traditional façades with hidden concrete beams and pillars, by Sonia Awale (nt 21/04/2017)

Quake-damaged police infra yet to be rebuilt, by Manish Gautam (kp 20/04/2017)

One man builds houses for 55 quake families, by Shankar Shrestha (rep 20/04/2017) [Govt and NRA will be very angry!?]

Many houses being rebuilt haven’t followed building codes (ht 20/04/2017)

Quake victims build own model houses (ht 20/04/2017)

Dolakha locals choose to stay on landslide-prone ancestral land (ht 20/04/2017)

Heavy storm blows away 125 temporary shelters in Dolakha (ht 19/04/2017)

Signing of housing grant deal begins in Dhankuta (ht 19/04/2017)

Quake victims in Dolakha wait for grant to finish rebuilding (ht 18/04/2017)

30 more settlements likely to require relocation, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 18/04/2017)

NRA bid to fast-track complaint investigation, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 17/04/2017)

Timber shortage halts post-quake rebuilding, by Anish Tiwari (kp 16/04/2017)

Relocation procedure gets NRA’s approval (ht 16/04/2017)

Bypassing government: Nepal government continues to face criticism for delays in rebuilding, but so do international relief agencies, by Marty Logan (nt 14/04/2017)

Bhojpur quake victims set to get part of govt grant (ht 13/04/23017)

Tens of thousands of quake survivors at risk again: A third of homes poorly built, says NRA CEO Pokharel (ht 12 /04/2017) [How shall they built houses in a safe way if govt and NRA deny them the aid provided by international donors??]

Grant agreement signing begins (ht 12/05/2017)

Earthquake victims await second instalment of grant (ht 12/04/2017)

NRA distributes 1st instalment of aid in Tanahun (kp 11/04/2017)

Nepal’s security forces received high ratings for their post-quake work, interview with Sudhindra Sharma (kp 10/04/2017)

NRA to facilitate distribution of land ownership certificates (ht 09/04/2017)

Shortage of timber affects reconstruction in Ramechhap (ht 09/04/2017)

NRA devises work plan to relocate vulnerable families (kp 08/04/2017), NRA endorses guideline on relocation of quake-hit (rep 08/04/2017)

Engineers ‘harassed’ by earthquake victims: Quake survivors who breached building code clamour for housing aid, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 07/04/2017)

At the receiving end: Because Sorthak village is located in Chitwan district, it has not received as much attention as neighbouring Gorkha, by Raisa Pande (nt 07/04/2017)

NRA to provide aid to quake-hit lacking land ownership docs (kp 06/04/2017)

Australian envoy on women and girls stresses building back better (kp 06/04/2017)

Two years since gorkha earthquake: Only a quarter of damaged health facilities rebuilt, by Manish Gautam (kp 05/04/2017)

NRB asked to ensure easy loans to quake survivors (kp 05/04/2017), NRA asks NRB to relax process for concessional loan, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 05/04/2017)

Lumle quake victims get housing grant (ht 04/04/2017)

NRA to give grant in 17 more districts (ht 03/04/2017), Grant distribution kicks off in 17 less-affected districts (rep 04/04/2017)

Red Cross rebuilds 80 classrooms (ht 03/04/2017)

SC orders govt to ensure safe housing to people (ht 31/03/2017)

2nd batch of aid reaches only 103 families in Kavre (kp 30/03/2017)

IACFP working in quake-hit districts without permit: NRA (rep 30/03/2017) [NRA should better help the earthquake victims instead of looking for organisations that do its job!]

Victims tossed into bureaucratic minefield (ht 28/03/2017), Thousands of quake victims left in a lurch (ht 28/03/2017), Reconstruction drive sluggish in Sindhuli (ht 28/03/2017)

Barpak survivors fear they may not get further aid, by Sudip Kaini (kp 27/03/2017)

Landslide-hit return to live in disaster-prone site, by Ananda Gautam (kp 27/03/2017)

Ramechhap locals struggle to build houses for lack of timber, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 26/03/2017)

NRA website gives wrong information about rebuilt houses (ht 25/03/2017), NRA says previous team misinformed on number of houses rebuilt, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 25/03/2017)

Ministry of forest told to supply timber to victims of earthquake (kp 24/03/2017)

Lack of forms deprives victims 2nd batch of aid, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 23/03/2017)

NRA Act inadequate for reconstruction task: CEO Pokharel; "If the NRA remained with the same powers and guidelines as now, I don't see any future for it" (rep 23/03/2017)

Govt told to launch reconstruction fund within a month (ht 23/03/2017)

Low-cost designs: The low-cost designs could also be popularized among non-victims across the country who have a low budget to build a house (ht 23/03/2017)

STC okayed to sell piled up stock of zinc sheets (kp 22/03/2017)

Lack of classrooms affecting children’s education: Students of various grades taught under the same tattered tarpaulin, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 22/03/2017)

NRA approves six new designs of low-cost housing (ht 22/03/2017) [Such houses can hardly be built at that cost in remote mountain areas with no road access where houses have to be built on slopes!]

Reconstruction delayed further as few quake victims turn up for 2nd tranche, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 20/03/2017)

NRA Chief urges support of local communities for reconstruction (rep 18/03/2017)

NRA starts distributing 3rd tranche of housing aid (kp 16/03/2017), Dolakha quake victims start getting third tranche: So far, 67 houses have been rebuilt in Dolakha following the government set criteria (rep 17/03/2017)

Reconstruction still delayed in Dhading, by Shankar Shrestha (rep 14/03/2017)

2nd tranche of grant uncertain in Sindhupalchok (kp 13/03/2017)

NRA asks govt to issue budget for resettlement (kp 13/03/2017)

Reconstruction affected in lack of professional engineers, by Madhusadan Guragain (rep 13/03/2017)

Non-life insurers still to settle 25 percent of quake-related claims (rep 13/03/2017)

Reconstruction impasse: A stable and effective leadership is essential in the NRA to overcome obstacles, by Narayan Marasini (kp 12/03/2017)

Cold snap adds to misery of quake-displaced (kp 12/03/2017)

Kavre villagers get 2nd tranche of housing aid, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 11/03/2017)

NRA decides on Rs 200,00 land purchase fund (kp 11/03/2017)

Assessment of quake damage over in Parbat (ht 10/03/2017)

Mountains without men: Two years later, a serious shortage of construction workers is hampering post-earthquake rebuilding, by Om Astha Rai (nt 10/03/2017)

Rebuilding a future, by Simrika Sharma (rep 10/03/2017)

The day Ban Ki-moon cried: Have we done enough to support the earthquake victims in Nepal?, by Surendra Bahadur Sijapati (kp 09/03/2017)

NRA deadline leaves landless quake victims worried, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 09/01/2017)

Quake-displaced demand safe place for resettlement, by Sudip Kaini (kp 08/03/2017)

15pc quake victims yet to receive first tranche of govt aid (ht 08/03/2017) [In 14 of the 31 affected districts; people in the other districts have got nothcing at all after almost two years and, to a greater part still live in shelters!!]

NRA to probe complaints through CDOs, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 07/03/2017)

‘Reconstruction work procedure to be amended’ (ht 06/03/2017)

Quake-hit schools being rebuilt in Ramechhap (ht 04/03/2017)

Rebuilding of schools delayed in Okhaldhunga, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp 03/03/2017)

Contract signing brings hope to Kavre quake victims (ht 02/03/2017)

Quake-hit school building rebuilt (ht 02/03/2017)

Dhading reconstruction moving at a snail’s pace, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 28/02/2017)

Lack of fund slows over 100 projects (kp 28/02/2017)

233 quake ravaged school buildings rebuilt in Chitwan, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 28/02/2017)

Govt intensifies quality check of construction materials (ht 28/02/2017)

NRA proposes land grant for quake-hit squatters: Beneficiaries will have to leave original settlements and buy pieces of land in safer areas to rebuild. by Manish Gautam (kp 27/02/2017), NRA plans Rs 100,000 relocation grants to households at risk, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 27/02/2017)

NRB to facilitate quake victims to build houses (ht 27/02/2017)

Shortage of workers delays reconstruction, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp 25/02/2017)

NRA dials dev partners for more technical support (kp 24/02/2017), NRA asks donors to extend technical support to quake victims, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 24/02/2017)

First tranche of grant given in some Kavre VDCs (ht 24/02/2017)

Bhumlutar, Phalante quake victims finally sign aid agreement, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 24/02/2017)

Remote Chitwan settlements left without school after earthquake, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 23/02/2017)

No relief for quake victims (ht 23/02/2017)

The man who rebuilt a village (kp 23/02/2017)

Rs 50m released to mobilise engineers (kp 23/02/2017)

NRA to call beneficiaries to claim 2nd aid tranche (kp 22/02/2017)

NRNA starts building housing project for earthquake victims, by Sudip Kaini (kp 20/02/2017)

NRA nudges ministry over interest-free loan for quake victims (rep 20/02/2017)

Much delayed reconstruction: Now that rebuilding houses is finally under way, there’s much the NRA should focus on (kp 20/02/2017)

Reconstruction of 4,067 quake-damaged schools yet to begin, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 20/02/2017)

Families that rebuilt homes on their own to get lump sum grant: Those who have rebuilt their houses on their own  following the prescribed guidelines for reconstruction  will be eligible for the aid: NRA (kp 18/02/2017) [Victims in the other 17 affected districts still get nothing!?]

Timber distribution for reconstruction (ht 18/02/2017)

Post quake rebuilding: Let women lead; With male members away, women have started rebuilding their homes destroyed by 2015 earthquakes on their own, by Kriti Bhuju (rep 18/02/2017)

Post-quake reconstruction: Education of thousands of students in jeopardy; MoE at wit’s end as govt scrambles to generate fund to rebuild schools, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/02/2017)

600 quake-hit families still live in Chuchepati tents (ht 16/02/2017)

For whom hope is all that’s left, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 16/02/2017)

PAC begins probe into I/NGOs irregularities (rep 15/02/2017) [I/NGOs are criticised because they do not do what the Nepali state should have done for long???]

SC allows NRA CEO to remain in post (rep 15/02/2017)

Process to activate Rs 21b NRA fund starts, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 14/02/2017)

19,866 to get aid for retrofitting houses, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 13/02/2017)

Chepang folk deprived of housing aid (kp 13/02/2017)

Quake victims’ data collected in 35 Khotang VDCs (ht 13/02/2017)

Red tape stalls grant, loan signing with India: Indian govt has pledged $1b for rebuilding efforts (kp 12/02/2017)

NRA begins work on integreted settlements: An NRA taskforce has  started identifying an  alternative place for the 57 out of 117 settlement areas deemed highly vulnerable (kp 10/02/2017)

Sindhupalchowk quake victims start getting 2nd tranche, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 10/02/2017)

Quake victims in Ramechhap say rebuilding aid hard to get, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 10/02/2017)

53% quake victims in Valley receive first tranche (rep 10/02/2017)

NRA told to ensure homes for quake-hit before monsoon: A compiled data from the NRA shows 14,000 houses damaged by the earthquake have been rebuilt and another 30,625 are under construction as of Wednesday (kp 09/02/2017), Distribute first and second tranches by next 3 months: House panel to NRA, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 09/02/2017)

Proposal to lift ban on excavation in Chure worries stakeholders, experts, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 09/02/2017)

720 families in 4 districts get 2nd tranche of aid (kp 07/02/2017)

NRA starts training Nepal Army personnel for reconstruction (kp 06/02/2017)

Schools grab community homes in north Dhading, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 05/02/2017)

Panel formed for resettlement of landslide-prone villages (kp 04/02/2017)

Govt fails to provide promised timber to quake victims, by Shankar Shrestha (rep 04/02/2017)

NRA: Over 27,000 quake-hit families rebuilding houses (kp 03/01/2017)

VDC secys’ protest hits reconstruction, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 03/02/2017)

One more integrated settlement (ht 03/02/2017)

Reconstruction yet to begin in 10 Kavre VDCs (ht 03/02/2017)

Price hike of sand, stones affects rebuilding: Quake survivors accuse local crusher operators of profiteering, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 03/02/2017)

Dhading DAO to investigate fake quake victims, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 03/02/2017)

I/NGOs told to maintain transparency (kp 03/02/2017)

NRA chief lays foundation stone for integrated settlement: Quake survivors of 58 risky areas to be shifted to integrated settlement (kp 02/02/2017)

Landless quake victims: Why are we deprived of state aid?, by Shankar Shrestha (ht 02/02/2017)

93pc families get first tranche of aid (kp 01/02/2017) [But only of those registered in 14 of the 31 affected districts! This is unbelievable after almost two years!]

Rebuilding Sindhuli houses could take more than a century, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 01/02/2017)

NWEDC restores quake-affected communities (kp 31/01/2017)

NRA to mobilise fresh engineers in quake-hit districts (ht 31/01/2017), NRA planning to spend hefty amount for deploying volunteers: Experts term the plan unnecessary and a populist program, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 31/01/2017)

Laprak quake victims dismayed by NRNA's terms, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 31/01/2017)

Failure to train masons on time slows reconstruction, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 30/01/2017)

Government puts local restructuring report on hold, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 28/01/2017)

NRA releases Rs 11.75b for second tranche (kp 27/01/2017)

Various I/NGOs building health posts flouting reconstruction guidelines, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 26/01/2017), NRA to quiz ministry over lack of design approval (rep 27/01/2017)

Shortage of masons threatens to hamper reconstruction efforts (kp 25/01/2017)

966 families without land titles denied housing aid, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 25/01/2017)

Rebuilding Kathmandu: When utopian romance in the ‘Master Plan’ fails to connect with grassroots aspirations, ‘rumour’ fills the ensuing void and morphs into action-inducing ‘reality’, by Sabin Ninglekhu (kp 24/01/2017)

Housing aid distribution starts in Bhaktapur (kp 23/01/2017)

NRA to hire staffs on contract to resolve manpower crunch, by Sangeret Sangroula (rep 23/01/2017)

Nepal Army personnel to aid house reconstruction (kp 21/01/2017), Army, APF to train masons in quake districts (rep 21/01/2017)

The grant rush: As the distribution of the housing reconstruction grants begins to pick up pace, rampant  irregularities threaten to derail the legitimacy of the rebuilding process, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 21/01/2017), Reconstruction update (ht 21/01/2017)

econstruction drive stops with grant nowhere in sight (ht 20/01/2017)

Cash transfers in Nepal earthquake response, by Sangmo Yonjan-Tamang (rep 20/01/2017)

Failing to make the list: Many genuine earthquake survivors are missing from the list for housing grants due to frequent changes in government, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 20/01/2017)

Dolakha reincarnated: The earthquake destroyed the historic trading town of Dolakha, rebuilding it would revive its historical importance, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 20/01/2017)

NRA seeks army, police manpower for reconstruction, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 19/01/2017), NRA seeks NA, APF help in reconstruction (kp 20/01/2017)

Forgotten victims: Petty politics is slowing down the reconstruction process and hurting the earthquake survivors, by David Kainee (kp 19/01/2017)

Second reconstruction tranche from today (rep 18/01/2017), Post-quake reconstruction: 2nd tranche of aid distribution begins (kp 19/01/2017)

NRA to monitor I/NGO activities from next week, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 16/01/2017)

Quake-hit in Ramechhap demand 2nd tranche of aid, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 16/01/2017)

Timber shortage in Gorkha hits reconstruction progress, by Sudip Kaini (kp 16/01/2017)

47.9 million cu ft timber needed for reconstruction (rep 16/01/2017)

Longer the delay in spending available funds, harder it will be to secure new funds, interview with Govind Raj Pokharel, new CEO of NRA (kp 16/01/2017), Ramp up spending: That govt hasn’t acted, despite knowing pitfalls of low capital expenditure, is embarrassing (kp 17/01/2017), Low capital expenditure: Begging for money but not having a plan to spend it is an age-old problem in Nepal, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 17/01/2017), Govt to unveil action plan to ramp up capital expenditure, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 18/01/2017)

NRA bid to issue rebuilding grants before monsoon (kp 15/01/2017)

Reconstruction chipping away Bhaktapur’s heritage (ht 15/01/2017)

Quake survivors unhappy with government grant (ht 14/01/2017)

NRA starts data collection in Bhojpur, Khotang districts (kp 13/01/2017)

Reconstruction Works: Moving At A Snail’s Pace, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 12/01/2017)

Leadership change in NRA: Govt dismisses Gyewali, brings Pokharel back, by Pragati Shahi (kp 12/01/2017)

Localisation of humanitarian response: A lesson from Nepal’s earthquake is that INGOs need to strengthen local actors instead of themselves, by Subindra Bogati and Andy Featherstone (kp 12/01/2017)

NRNA begins construction of housing facility in Laprak, by Sudip Kaini (kp 12/01/2017)

Over 19,000 Bhaktapur quake-hit awaiting aid (kp 12/01/2017)

Continued aftershocks: Govt has to seriously look into how it is handling post-disaster reconstruction (kp 09/01/2017)

Shortage of skilled workers affects reconstruction work (ht 07/01/2017)

Tired of the cold wait, quake survivors rebuild on their own (kp 06/01/2017)

Getting the facts straight: It’s high time the government and donors made an honest assessment of reconstruction and resettlement works in earthquake-affected areas, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp 06/01/2017), Learning to reconstruct: Volunteers from around the world are filling the gap left by the government in helping rebuild quake-damaged schools, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 06/01/2017) [Be sure, NRA and govt will be looking for ways how to criticise and punish these voluteers!], Owning up to our past: Bureaucratic insensitivities worry local communities working to rebuild heritage sites, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 06/01/2017)

NRA chief furnishes clarification: Gyewali points finger of blame at govt agencies; Says he has fulfilled his duty within the given jurisdiction, by Pragati Shahi (kp 05/01/2017), No sight of solution to thousands of landless Kavre quake victims’ problem, by Raj Kumar Parajuli (ht 05/01/2017), NRA chief Gyewali blames govt for the delay, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 05/01/2017), Govt ‘decides’ to sack NRA chief Gyewali, by Praveen Dhakal (rep 05/01/2017), Govt prepares ground for giving NRA chief executive officer boot: Asks Sushil Gyewali to clarify why he should not be relieved of dutiesn CEO says he is yet to receive any letter seeking fresh clarification (kp 06/01/2017), Gyewali to furnish clarification tomorrow (ht 07/01/2017), Gyewali gets letter that seeks to send him packing (kp 07/01/2017), No justifiable ground to sack me: NRA CEO Gyewali defends, by Samipa Khanal (kp 09/01/2017), Gyewali moves court: Gyewali demands an interim order seeking his reinstatement as the chief executive officer of the National Reconstruction Authority (kp 17/01/2019)

Female contractor busy building quake-hit village, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 05/01/2017)

Engineers reach Lamjung villages to collect data of quake survivors (kp 05/01/2017)

Tripartite pact signed with 87pc of registered families: NRA (kp 04/01/2017)

Survey for housing grant to be complete only by February (rep 03/01/2017), Data collection of quake victims in limbo (ht 03/01/2017)

Quake-hit families crushing pebbles for living, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 01/01/2017)

Govt seeks clarification from NRA chief exec: PM’s core team is learnt to have the perception that  Gyewali subtly defied the government’s instructions on the pretext of legal hurdles and donor sensitivity, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 30/12/2016), Government seeks clarification from NRA chief over ‘lacklustre’ performance, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 30/12/2016), Govt seeks clarification from NRA CEO again, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 30/12/2016)

NRA mobilises teams to find out vulnerable settlements (kp 28/12/2016) [Please take time! It's only 20 months since these settlements have been destroyed!], Technical teams to collect data on quake victims (ht 29/12/2016)

NRA staff agree to return to work (kp 27/12/2016), Govt increases allowances for rebuilding technicians (kp 30/12/2016)

One year of reconstruction: Staff crunch dogs NRA since birth (kp 26/12/2016)

Quake victims’ data collection begins in Khotang (ht 25/12/2016)

Return to work within two days, govt tells engineers: Challenged to hand in individual resignations at concerned offices (kp 23/12/2016)

Govt to collect data of quake-hit households in Lamjung: An official at the Central Bureau of Statistics says engineers will start digital data compilation from December 30, by Aash Gurung (kp 22/12/2016) [Which engineers? Those who have resigned??]

Reconstruction woes: Providing succour to earthquake survivors is a national priority as well as a humanitarian imperative, by Maina Dhital (kp 22/12/2016)

Bitter winter looms: Govt’s handling of reconstruction has been slow and irresponsible (kp 21/12/2016), Construction of quake victims’ houses stops, by Arjun Poudel (ht 21/12/2016)

NRA engineers, technicians resign en masse, by Pragati Shahi (kp 21/12/2016), NRA upset by engineers’ unsporting action (kp 22/12/2016)

Post-quake rebuilding: Ministry okays distribution of second tranche of aid, by Pragati Shahi (kp 20/12/2016)

On the brink: One and a half years is a really long time for rebuilding. No wonder earthquake survivors feel like it’s been ages, by Ravi Lochan Paudyal (rep 20/12/2016)

Council of ministers to discuss Kavre quake victims’ issues (ht 20/12/2016) [??]

NRA’s amendment proposal okayed (ht 19/12/2016)

Only 3637 quake victims of 94072 in Valley get first tranche, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 19/12/2016)

Rural reconstruction: Hope amid ruins; Government needs to ensure that reconstruction carried on individual basis or through I/NGOs meets safety standards, by Sandesh Paudyal (rep 17/12/2016)

Rebuilding staff on warpath (kp 17/12/2016), NRA forwards proposal to revise technicians’ incentives: The frequent strikes by the technical staff mobilised in quake-affected districts have affected the reconstruction works in rural districts (kp 18/12/2016)

Political stalemate ‘stalled’ reconstruction process (kp 16/12/2016), Political stalemate ‘stalled’ reconstruction process (kp 16/12/2016)

800 earthquake victims start rebuilding in Kavre (ht 15/12/2016)

Quake victims request second batch of aid, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 13/12/2016)

Over 445k families received first tranche of housing aid (kp 10/12/2016)

INGOs unable to fund Rs 300,000 quake grants for all, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 10/12/2016)

Promises to keep: The pledged assistance and the need for reconstruction should receive high priority of the government and the political parties (ht 09/12/2016)

Building back Bungamati: Earthquake survivors of historic town find that preserving heritage is expensive business, by Astha Joshi (nt 09/12/2016)

NRA lacks fund to distribute second tranche of housing grant (ht 08/12/2016)

NRA coordination committee urges acceleration in reconstruction works (ht 08/12/2016)

Most I/NGOs behind on monthly reports: NRA (ht 08/12/2016) [Deeds are more important than reports! What are you doing, NRA?]

Reconstruction of health post buildings delayed, by Sudip Kaini (kp 07/12/2016)

Unstable policies, standards, procedures hindering reconstruction, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 07/12/2016)

NRA-hired engineers start protest (kp 07/12/2016), Engineers’ strike hits reconstruciton, by Sudip Kaini and Anish Tiwari (kp 09/12/2016)

Red Cross unhappy with govt's NGO policy on reconstruction (rep 07/12/2016)

Sluggish construction affects reconstruction: In lack of building, a school operates from toilet, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 06/12/2016)

NRA misses its self-set deadlines again: The NRA has signed grant agreements with only 58,405 of the total 94,072 eligible victims, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 06/12/2016)

Survivors of quake-hit districts still waiting: Large number of affected households in Dhading, Makawanpur, Nuwakot yet to get housing aid, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 04/12/2016)

Quake victims demand inclusion of genuine victims for grants: Only 57 percent victims sign agreement due to obstruction so far; NRA shows indifference about the problem, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 03/12/2016)

10,600 quake-affected deprived of housing aid (kp 02/12/2016) [related to Makwanpur district only]

Quake victims yet to recieve house construction grants, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 01/12/2016)

Reconstruction of govt buildings begins (ht 27/11/2016)

NRA picks BFIs to distribute aid inside Valley (kp 26/11/2016), 5 days left for signing agreement with Valley quake victims (rep 26/11/2016)

300 schools without classrooms in Sindhupalchok, by Anish Tiwari (kp 26/11/2016)

17,000 cu ft timber distributed in Sindhupalchok: Few families have started building homes due to ‘insufficient’ fund; Nepal receives around  Rs 70 billion every year in remittances from migrant workers who are based in India, by Anish Tiwari (kp 25/11/2016) [!!]

PM's promise delays second tranche of quake grant: 1,114 victims apply for second tranche, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 24/11/2016)

Quake victims in despair as harsh winter looms, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 24/11/2016)

Quake victims left to shiver under temporary tents: How can we construct quake-resistant house with Rs 50,000?: Quake victims, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 23/11/2016)

Rebuilding ongoing for 12k houses: 3162 houses being  reconstructed in Nuwakot, 2143 in Dhading, 1583 in Sindhupalchok, 1214 in Dolakha and 994 in Kavre (kp 23/11/2016), Reconstruction of around 12,000 homes begins (ht 23/11/2016)

53 homes built in two months: Earthquake survivors were provided construction materials instead of cash, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 23/11/2016)

Timely release of funds crucial to implement projects: NRA; The NRA has estimated a budget of Rs 120.75 billion alone for the housing aid—for the first and second phase of aid distribution to around 7.5m households (kp 22/11/2016), Now for action: The NRA has spent a lot of time and energy just in preparing the action plan. Now, it is time to put the plan into action (ht 22/11/2016)

As winter looms Sankhu quake victims start rebuilding without aid, by Gyan P. Neupane and Sangeet Sangroula (rep 22/11/2016)

NRNA to rebuild houses in Laprak (ht 22/11/2016) [Why has NRNA not been allowed to do so before?]

NRA unveils time-bound action plan: The NRA says it will deploy 100 volunteers to each of the affected VDCs; sign agreements with quake victims in Kathmandu Valley within 10 days (kp 21/11/2016), NRA to settle complaints by Jan (ht 21/11/2016), Quake survivors in Gulmi sans housing aid, by Ghanshyam Gautam (kp 21/11/2016)

Govt preparing to show NRA chief door? Rift between Dahal, Gyewali has widened of late, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp 18/11/2016)

6,000 quake victims living around BP Highway not granted permits for house reconstruction (ht 18/11/2016)

Post-earthquake response: The way forward, by Kedar Neupane (ht 18/11/2016)

Recovery is still a far cry in Barpak, by Sudip Kaini (kp 18/11/2016), Quake-destroyed homestays reopen after reconstruction, by Sudip Kaini (kp 18/11/2016)

Quake victims in trouble as houses under construction fail to meet standard, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 17/11/2016)

PM Dahal talks to NRA chair about reconstruction delays: The directive committee of National Reconstruction Authority will discuss a time-bound action plan on Sunday (kp 16/11/2016), PM dissatisfied with NRA’s work (ht 16/11/2016), Approaching winter concerns quake victims, by Anish Tiwari (kp 16/11/2016), Community school students still studying in temporary classrooms, by Pratap Bista (kp 16/11/2016), Reconstruction grant agreement signing resumes at Raksirang (ht 16/11/2016)

Housing aid yet to reach needy in remote VDCs, by Kumbha Raj Rai (kp 15/11/2016)

NRA teams to monitor housing aid utilisation (kp 12/11/2016)

Locals rue govt delay in signing grant agreement (ht 10/11/2016)

NRA mobilises Rs 3.57billion for housing grant in Valley: The fund will be used to provide first tranche of Rs 50,000 to the beneficiaries (kp 10/11/2016)

It'll take over 3 months to address quake victims' complaints: NRA, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 08/11/2016)

IB mulls household insurance for quake grant beneficiaries (kp 06/11/2016)

Housing aid signing process begins in Valley (kp 05/11/2016), Govt to sign grant deal with quake survivors (ht 06/11/2016)

Langtang folk step up rebuilding efforts, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 30/10/2016)

NRA aid panel meet to raise recovery funds (kp 29/10/2016) [?? You're not even able to distribute the huge amount of money you already have at hand!!]

Dhurmus-Suntali to hand over model settlement to quake victims today, by Dhurba Dangal (rep 28/10/2016)

The long wait: People displaced by the earthquakes cannot be left in limbo for much longer (kp 27/10/2016), PM tells NRA to pick up pace (kp 27/10/2016) [Yes, please take govt and parties as example!]

Sindhuli quake victims yet to get grant (ht 25/10/2016), Shindhu quake victims wait for 2nd batch of aid, by Anish Tiwari (kp 26/10/2016)

Dissected development: Post-earthquake recovery efforts need to be consolidated for greater effectiveness, by Sudeep Uprety (kp 25/10/2016)

Timber crisis affecting housing reconstruction, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 23/10/2016)

At least 900 people in Kavre yet to receive aid for rebuilding (kp 23/10/2016)

Slow progress in development works criticised (ht 21/10/2016)

Quake victims in Valley to get first tranche before Tihar: Ministry; Around 100,000 victims in Valley may qualify for house reconstruction grant: NRA, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 20/10/2016) [And what about the victims in the so far untouched rural districts?], Work begins to release housing aid in Valley (kp 26/10/2016)

350,000 families still without aid (kp 19/10/2016) [Besides, victims in many districts have not been included at all!]

'Construction materials banks' to open in quake-hit areas, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 18/10/2016)

CBS concludes beneficiary survey in Valley, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 17/10/2016)

School reconstruction yet to gather pace, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 16/10/2016)

Quake victims yet to receive govt grant (ht 15/10/2016)

Post-quake reconstruction: 100,000 homeless families without aid, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 08/10/2016)

Integrated settlement for quake survivors: PM Dahal lays foundation stone, by Sudip Kaini (kp 08/10/2016)

Fair disbursement: Govt needs to make sure quake victims can access aid even without political connections (kp 06/10/2016), Slow progress: It is still not clear when the NRA will conclude agreements with the development partners for the financial assistance they had pledged (ht 06/10/2016), Landless earthquake victims deprived of grants, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 06/10/2016)

Nepal stares at funding gap of Rs 600 billion, by Pragati Shahi (kp 05/10/2016), NRA has signed up only Rs 272b so far out of 938b needed: Less than half the signed-up amount received, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 05/10/2016)

NRA gears up to form a panel for aid management (kp 04/10/2016)

Engineers to distribute grant: Government has decided to authorise engineers to distribute housing aid in those districts which lack local bodies (kp 30/09/2016)

Cashing in on politics: For the moment there is only Rs 343 billion in the kitty for reconstruction, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 30/09/2016), Reconstruction grant is Dasain allowance: Earthquake survivors are using the first tranche of their home reconstruction grant for everything but reconstruction, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 30/09/2016), NRA warns against spending reconstruction money on Dashain (rep 01/10/2016)

Post-quake rebuilding: With few takers, timbers start to decay, by Anish Tiwari (kp 30/09/2016)

NRA fails to provide first instalment of grant to quake survivors (ht 29/09/2016)

Filling the gap: In the absence of men it’s the women who are taking up the responsibility of rebuilding houses in rural areas, by Ishwar Rauniyar (rep 28/09/2016)

Implementing new announcements: PM asks secretaries for action plan (kp 26/09/2016), PM not dissatisfied with NRA, says Gyawali (ht 26/09/2016), NRA may decide on additional grant today, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 26/09/2016), PM gives NRA until Oct 6 to issue first housing grants (kp 27/09/2016)

Engineers call off strike (kp 25/09/2016)

Aid distribution: Over Rs18b mobilised for first tranche of cash: NRA; Of an estimated 800,000 homes damaged in 14 districts, NRA listed 533,182 as true beneficiaries (kp 21/09/2016), Housing grant distribution: Local bodies told to distribute first tranche before Dashain; he local bodies have so far signed grant agreements only with 450,032 of house owners (rep 22/09/2016)

Over 70 per cent quake-hit households get first instalment (ht 19/09/2016) [But only in 11 districts and almost one and a half year after the earthquake!], Over 150k needy yet to get first trance of aid (kp 20/09/2016), 25 per cent quake victims receive grant amount in Kavre (ht 20/09/2016)

Lack of relocation plan puts victims on a slippery slope: Some families have already started rebuilding on the same spot where their previous houses once stood, by Pragati Shahi (kp 18/09/2016)

Call to use single women’s fund in rebuilding homes: The fund, set up by the Women’s Ministry, has Rs40 million lying unused for the past three years (kp 17/09/2016)

Victims put off by red tape in grant distribution, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 16/09/2016)

Rebuilding aid: Deals with households in Valley from next week; The NRA says distribution of housing aid will start immediately after the completion of verification of quake-hit households (kp 15/09/2016)

Quake victims spend housing Aid on clothes, electronics (kp 14/09/2016) [This should not be generalised! Top mobiles can hardly be financed by the small amount of "housing aid" some of the victims have got so far!]

Rebuilding in Okhaldhunga: Engineers go on strike; Engineer Rajendra Dhamala says they have started the protest to mount pressure on the NRA for appointment letter and salary (kp 13/09/2016)

Earthquake survivors still await govt grant (ht 10/09/2016)

PM’s extra assistance promise hard to keep: There is a funding gap of Rs488 billion, excluding the Rs80 billion required to provide the additional Rs100,000 per household (kp 09/09/2016) [Call it populist propaganda!]

Govt prepares to up housing grant: PM Dahal reiterates government’s commitment to help the quake-affected by increasing the grant by an additional Rs100,000 (kp 06/09/2016), Rs 50k cannot build a house: Quake victims, by Anish Tiwari (kp 06/09/2016)

More than half of listed households get rebuilding aid (kp 04/09/2016) [one and a half year after the earthquake some pocket money for half of the households in a handful of districts only!]

Inconsistent policy: Providing Rs. 50,000 to those whose houses were not damaged so badly and an additional Rs. 400,000 for purchasing land at safer places on top of Rs. 200,000 is good (ht) [Even more important would be to include the people in all the affected rural districts and not only a few of them including the KTM valley!]

Quake-hit villages of Sindhupalchowk finally start receiving grants, by Dhurba Dangal (rep 30/08/2016)

Sindhuli quake victims complain against NRA (ht 29/08/2016)

Over 31 pc earthquake victims receive first tranche (rep 29/08/2016)

Reconstruction resource centres scrapped (kp 18/08/2016) [??]

NRA completes assessment of 50,000 Valley households: The NRA says it aims to complete assessment of all affected households in Kathmandu Valley by mid-September (kp 24/08/2016)

Grant distribution gathers pace (ht 22/08/2016)

Survey in remaining 17 quake-hit districts only after a month (rep 20/08/2016)

Building back better: Strengthen local efforts, by Valerie Julliand (ht 19/08/2016)

PM for increasing reconstruction grant to Rs 300,000, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 17/08/2016)

Signing of housing grant agreements in limbo in Kavre (ht 13/08/2016)

Not the fairest of them all: For all the expenses on reconstruction, an investment of a few million rupees more is worth the aesthetic value, by Deepak Thapa (kp 11/08/2016)

Housing aid distribution: PM asks authorities to release first tranche by mid-Sept (kp 11/08/2016), ‘Sindhu survivors to get aid in a month’ (kp 11/08/2016)

300 quake-hit families get animal sheds (kp 06/08/2016)

Close to 300k families sign housing aid deal (kp 05/08/2016))

Nuwakot folk uphold tradition while building quake-resistant houses, by Krishna Thapa (kp 31/07/2016)

Necessity of culture: The impact of the earthquake cannot and should not be measured in physical terms only, by Umesh Pokharel (kp 31/07/2016)

Builders of Barpak: With electrification, Barpak is back in business, by Manisha Aryal (nt 29/07/2016)

Engineers decry lack of pay and work in Dolakha: Engineers deployed to the district say that they have been without work and pay from the day they arrived two months ago (kp 27/07/2016)

Speed it up: It is over a year and still many earthquake victims are without shelters. The grant should be provided without delay so that the homeless people can build permanent houses (ht 27/07/2016)

CLPIU gets nod from NRA to utilise Rs 20 billion (ht 27/07/2016)

Housing grant distribution on hold since July 16, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 26/07/2016)

Quake victims’ data collection begins in Bhaktapur (ht 25/07/2016) [??]

NRA gets finance ministry’s go-ahead to spend Rs 84bn (ht 24/07/2016)

In northern Dhading, elderly face daunting task of rebuilding, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 20/07/2016)

Quake victims’ data to be collected again Bhaktapur (ht 19/07/2016)

Kavre tremor victims get first instalment of grant amount (ht 19/07/2016)

Post-earthquake reconstruction: Directive to promote local participation (kp 18/07/2016)

NRA signs aid agreements with 248,559 families (kp 16/07/2016)

Nearly 100,000 households claim to be excluded from NRA’s beneficiary list (ht 14/07/2016) [not to talk about the completely excluded districts!]

Villagers building quake-resilient homes in Gorkha (kp 13/07/2016)

NRA wants more staff to expedite rebuilding: The NRA has so far signed housing aid agreements with 223,830 families (kp 09/07/2016)

Lengthy grants process a big hassle for quake victims, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 09/07/2016)

The black roofs of Gatlang: Once lauded as the ‘gem’ of the Tamang Heritage Trail, Gatlang is now  scrambling to salvage what the earthquakes ruined, by Umesh Pokharel (kp 09/07/2016)

Post-quake reconstruction: Banks to disburse aid to cluster settlements (kp 08/07/2016)

Quake-hit abandon shelters, return to whence they came, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 04/07/2016)

NRA endorses complaint redressal guideline (ht 03/07/2016)

Donors warn of pulling plug on support programme: Express serious concerns about quality of construction, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp 30/06/2016), NRA signs aid deal with over 180k families (kp 30/06/2016), WB brings housing aid deal home to govt: Reiterates grant in three tranches after achieving ‘defined milestones’ (kp 01/07/2016) [?? Nobody can start reconstruction of sustainable houses with 415€, not even in rural areas of Nepal! Even 1660€ are only an assist-starting for families that have lost everything!], Congress calls for holding talks with donors, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 01/07/2016)

NRA sub-regional offices authorised for rebuilding (kp 28/06/2016)

Army starts handover of community homes (kp 25/06/2016)

NRA flooded with 73,187 complaints, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 23/06/2016)

Subsidised credit for rebuilding homes: Loans worth Rs 16.5m extended as of mid-May (kp 19/06/2016)

Govt treasury surplus reaches all-time high: Sluggish capital expenditure leaves over Rs 200 billion in state coffers, by Mukul Humagain and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/06/2016) [Against the background of the people's sufferings and urgend needs, this is a fundamental humanitarian crime for which the irresponsible politicians and administrators should stand trial!], House reconstruction programme: Guthi land dwellers could miss out on aid; The National Reconstruction Authority has announced  to distribute house reconstruction aid to only those quake survivors who have land deeds (kp 18/06/2016)

NA building safe community homes in quake-hit areas (kp 16/06/2016)

Misplaced charity: NC’s criticism of government irregularities in reconstruction needs serious attention (kp 16/06/2016)

Reconstruction aid list: 14,000 quake-displaced in Dolakha lodge complaints, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 14/06/2016)

Local elections must to speed up reconstruction work, say experts (ht 14/06/2016)

2,004 beneficiaries get housing grant (ht 13/06/2016)

The waiting game: At Siru Bari, a quaint hamlet in Nuwakot ravaged by last year’s quakes, patience is wearing thin, by Dibesh Karmacharya (kp 11/06/2016)

Over 171k households to get first tranche of housing grant (ht 10/06/2016), NRA orders release of first tranche to 171,677 victims (rep 10/06/2016)

944 families get rebuilding aid in Gorkha, by Sudip Kaini (kp 07/06/2016)

NRA signs pact to rebuild 8,100 houses (ht 07/06/2016)

Earthquake resilient construction: Masons, carpenters hone skills, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/06/2016)

NRA fails to include all affected households: Lawmakers point out discrepancies in the beneficiary survey conducted by the authority (ht 02/06/2016), NRA survey left out many quake victims: Lawmakers, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 02/06/2016)

NRA signs pact to distribute relief funds (kp 01/06/2016), Grant for victims: Besides providing the grant assistance to the victims the NRA should also provide tents and tarpaulins to the victims so that they protect themselves from the rains till they build their permanent shelters (kp 01/06/2016), Empty VDC secretary posts in quake districts slow grant pay outs, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 01/06/2016)

36,287 quake grants inked, 1,000 victims get 1st tranche so far, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 30/05/2016)

NRA, bankers’ associations agree on housing grant disbursement (kp 28/05/2016), Distribution of housing grant to earthquake survivors to start soon (ht 28/05/2016)

Post-quake reconstruction: Engineers idle for want of rebuilding aid agreement (kp 27/05/2016)

Govt directs local bodies to take lead: Local development officers, chief and executive officers of municipalities and VDC secretaries of 14 districts to take lead in data collection, identification of victims, expert coordination and information dissemination, by Gaurav Thapa (kp 25/05/2016) [Why only 14 districts? Solukhumbu, for example, has been heavily affected by the earthquakes with many houses being uninhabitable as officially recognised by the government!]

House rebuilding aid delayed in Dolakha district, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 18/05/2016), ‘Vulnerable groups at exclusion risk’ (kp 18/05/2016)

Rs 410 billion to come from donors: Besides Rs91b for 2015-16, NRA plans an additional on-budget expenditure of Rs450b over the next three fiscal years (kp 18/05/2016)

Rs 11b aid for 11 districts (kp 17/05/2016)

Signing of grant agreement halted in Kavre villages (ht 16/05/2016)

NRA issues guidelines for volunteer mobilization, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 16/05/2016)

CPIU releases Rs 11bn for reconstruction purposes (ht 16/05/2016)

1,040 engineers in quake-hit districts (kp 14/05/2016)

Post-disaster recovery framework: Rs 838b five-yr reconstruction plan unveiled; ‘Private houses to be constructed within two years’; According to the Post-Disaster Recovery Framework, 500,000 households, 7,000 educational institutions, 446 health posts, 2,900 heritage sites were damaged by last year’s quakes (kp 13/05/2016)

Shortage of forms halts aid agreement process (kp 12/05/2016)

Engineers reach Gorkha to help people rebuild, by Sudip Kaini (kp 06/05/2016)

Khumbu locals build houses on their owns, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp 05/05/2016)

Govt to form labor pool to facilitate reconstruction, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 05/05/2016)

NRNA asked to build model settlement in 2 years (ht 03/05/2016)

Parties ask cadres to help in house reconstruction  (kp 29/04/2016) [Without any money from reconstruction funds??]

Over 1,300 engineers deployed in 11 districts (kp 28/04/2016)

Quake survivors urge govt to rope in development partners, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 28/04/2016)

Govt in dark about work of most aid agencies in quake-hit districts, by Narhari Sapkota, Nirajan Paudel, Ramesh Khatiwada and Dhruba Dangal (rep 28/04/2016) [The government is in the dark because it left the suffering people alone for one year! NGOs do the work that should have been done by government agencies!]

Improving the lives of children: The year to come will be critical as UNICEF wants to build back better and reduce disaster risks for children, by Karin Hulshof (kp 24/04/2016)

Building back better? Lack proper risk assessments of settlements in many of the worst affected areas are adding to vulnerability of the population, not lessening it, by Pragati Shahi (kp 24/04/2016)

Building better: We should improve rehabilitation services and build accessible infrastructures, by Phillip Sheppard (kp 24/04/2016)

Year of inaction: The performance of National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), which was established with much fan-fare, has been disappointing, by David Kainee (rep 23/04/2016), Virtually no gov’t rebuilding a year after Nepal quake, by Binaj Gurubacharya (kp 23/04/2016), Forget them not: On first anniversary quake victims are waiting for government support and donors are frustrated, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep 23/04/2016), NRA fails to introduce PDRF on time (ht 23/04/2016), Landless quake victims missing out as Nepal rebuilds: Oxfam (ht 23/04/2016), Dolakha locals reconstruct quake-damaged houses with locally-available resources, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 23/04/2016), 319,912 households ‘real beneficiaries’: Rebuilding authority to start signing aid agreements from tomorrow (kp 23/04/2016)

Loans issued to quake survivors in Hetauda, by Pratap Bista (kp 22/04/2016)

Barpak born again: The epicentre of destruction has also become the epicentre of reconstruction, by Santa Gaha Magar (nt 22/04/2016)

Grant distribution to begin in 11 quake-hit districts, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 21/04/2016)

Rebuilding works set for expansion in 11 districts (kp 20/04/2016), Langtang locals unhappy with NRA, by Krishna Thapa (kp 20/04/2016)

Go local: The NRA has proposed 17 different residential building models for post-quake rebuilding. Most of these models are defective, by Keshab Sharma (rep 19/04/2016)

NRA allows NGOs, INGOs to extend grants to earthquake survivors (ht 16/04/2016) [Govt and NRA are still trying to make help for last year's earthquake victims as complicated as possible instead of finally distributing the international aid money to the suffering people and hindering NGO#s to fill the gap!!]

Housing aid too little, too late? Gorkha tremor survivors say Rs 200,000 not enough to build homes, by Sudip Kaini (kp 15/04/2016)

NRA to get budget of around Rs 150bn next fiscal year: Authority unlikely to introduce post-disaster recovery framework for reconstruction within April 24 deadline, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 14/04/2016)

2,400 engineers in all districts soon (kp 14/04/2016)

Central bank’s loan scheme for quake survivors falls flat, by Bibek Subedi (kp 14/04/2016)

NRA to allow NGOs in rebuilding homes: Extra rules for mobilisation via one door; 3-side deal for reconstruction, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 11/04/2016), NRA guideline on mobilisation of NGOs in offing (ht 12/04/2016)

Reconstruction authority begins work in Kavre (ht 11/04/2016)

NRA: Grant distribution through banks difficult in remote areas, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 07/04/2016)

NRA eschews its decision on aid distribution (kp 04/04/2016)

NRA extends first instalment of grant (ht 02/04/2016)

Post-quake reconstruction: Over half a million damaged houses surveyed so far, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 01/04/2016), Re-verification delays timber distribution (kp 01/04/2016)

Ensure HR during post-quake recovery’ (kp 30/03/2016), Rights-based reconstruction: The National Reconstruction Authority should treat the earthquake victims as rights holders and empower them, by Madhab Regmi (kp 30/03/2016), PM censures NRA, and by extension, own govt: NC leader Mahat accuses government of viewing reconstruction through partisan lense, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 30/03/2016) [Oli forgot to mention himself and the other so-called leaders as the most responsible persons!!], Markhu survivors take out loans for rebuilding, by Pratap Bista (kp 30/03/2016)

Ruined reconstruction: Works held hostage by disputes, red tape, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 28/03/2016)

10 more rebuilding resource centres to be established (kp 27/03/2016)

Pace of post-quake reconstruction too slow, say German MPs (ht 27/03/2016)

NRA issues rebuilding funds to ministries, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 26/03/2016)

Slow pace of aid signing irks NRA (kp 25/03/2016)

First office set up outside Capital (kp 24/03/2016), NRA’s first sub-regional office opens (ht 24/03/2016)

Uphill task for NRA: to put together team: Some argue mobilising civil servants will be easier than hiring new staff, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 23/03/2016)

Reconstruction and its elusive grand narrative: The government has boxed itself into an impossible situation of trying to control everything, something it doesn’t have the required resources or capabilities to do, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp 19/03/2016)

More problems likely to rain down on quake survivors this monsoon: NRA mulling ‘transitional shelters’ as rebuilding work fails to take off, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 18/03/2016), Complaints outnumber aid deals (kp 18/03/2016)

78 Singati families receive letters for housing grant, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 15/03/2016) [??]

Plan distributed substandard zinc sheets: Quake victims, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 15/03/2016)

First grants to be issued from Singati centre: Two banks are  scheduled to sign grant contracts with displaced families today, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 13/03/2016) [Please not mere show but effective relief and reconstruction aid for quake effected families without further delay!!], Banks find few takers for loans to rebuild quake-hit houses: Bankers attribute the low demand for  the credit to ‘complicated procedure’ (kp 13/03/2016), Housing aid distribution from Singati deferred: Leaders of some parties demand cash for all at once (kp 14/03/2016), Local protests mar quake grant distribution: NRA accused of mobilizing NGOs only, bypassing local leaders, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 14/03/2016)

Deconstruction authority: The government should stop trying to be a control freak, and open up the space for earthquake survivors to easily rebuild their homes (nt 11/03/2016)

Quake victims rebuilding on their own worry about reconstruction grant, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 11/03/2016)

Rules in place to supply timber for quake-hit (kp 11/03/2016) [11 months after the earthquake!!], No relief: 2.5 million earthquake survivors have waited one year for help while the Reconstruction Authority discusses procedures and guidelines, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 11/03/2016)

Agreements on housing reconstruction signed (ht 11/03/2016)

Talk of quick survey for aid hollow: House assessment aimed to be completed by mid-April but, as of yesterday, only 46 percent work over: NRA, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 10/03/2016), Call to involve women in rebuilding process (kp 10/03/2016), Ensure safety before rebuilding: Singati folk, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 10/03/2016)

Earthquake victims: Banks seek permission to disburse grants, by Bibek Subedi (kp 09/03/2016)

With will and strong backs, a quake-hit village rebuilds without waiting for govt: What kept them from giving up was a decision that the village has capacity to recover (ht 09/03/2016)

NRA shifts goalpost as victims wait: While the Post Disaster Needs Assessment has put the number  of earthquake-affected houses at 498,852, the Nepal Reconstruction Authority has surveyed only 150,000 households so far, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 07/03/2016), NAR to distribute first installment of grant: The authority will soon provide 25pc of total amount to quake-affected households (ht 07/03/2016) [???], Homes for earthquake victims unlikely before monsoon: NRA (kp 08/03/2016), Reconstruction body preparing framework (kp 09/03/2016)

1,300 get accounts as NRA gears up for rebuilding aid: Cash distribution to be delayed due to NC convention (kp 04/03/2016)

Earthquake Response: One-Door Policy and Multi-Door Expectations, by Prabin Manandhar (sp 04/03/2016)