Preparedness: Nepal is ‘100 pc more prepared than it was a few years ago’

In an interview with the Kathmandu Post, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Robert Piper talks about disaster preparedness in the country and says that disaster risk reduction systems are getting better but they are still very badly equipped. "We want to talk about risk reduction and not just response. This has got to be the mantra of today, which is how do we reduce the tomorrow’s casualty rate."

"And that means looking at your buildings, looking at your schools, looking at your hospitals, looking at your bridges, looking at the infrastructure of the country, firstly, and trying to take action now to make those structures safer, and secondly, making sure that you’re not adding new dangerous physical structures to the landscape," he continues.