Nepal: Govt to take stock of disaster prone houses in municipalities

"We plan to count earthquake prone houses next fiscal" said Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, spokesperson at Ministry of Local Development (MoLD), adding that water-induced hazards will be among the hazards being dealt with at the local level.

According to the Himalayan Times the Local Governance and Community Development Programme under MoLD is hiring a structural building expert to work on the issue at the central level. The ministry is reflecting on the potential establishment of a disaster risk reduction section. To date there there is no separate section for disaster management at the ministry apart from the environment management section.