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JICA Prepares to Operate Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030)

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JICA Prepares to Operate Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030)
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April 27: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organised a forum related to reconstruction and disaster risk reduction on April 26.

The programme was also assisted by the Home Ministry and the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA).

Dr Govinda Pokharel, CEO of NRA said that though the rehabilitation process was challenging, as partners created awareness about building earthquake resistant homes in the villages, it has been easy to take this campaign ahead.

In the forum, the earthquake victims discussed about their sufferings which they had to bear in terms of normalising their lives. 

They shared that the bureaucratic process was slow and the government provided much less amount to them for rehabilitation.

JICA shared that in these two years after the earthquake, JICA worked to strengthen the capacity for reducing disaster risks. JICA- Nepal committed that it will prepare National Disaster Risk Reduction Policy and Strategic Action Plan to bring DRR (2015-2030) into operation.

"As Japan is also in the earthquake-risk zone, JICA can help Nepal to increase its potentials in earthquake rehabilitation in the central and local level," said Kimiyo Takeya, Visiting Senior Technical Advisor at JICA Headquarters.

The Japan Government has pledged Rs 30 billion to assist Nepal in reconstruction and rehabilitation. Among the earthquake projects, JICA is currently reconstructing the residents and schools.

Also, JICA informed that it has given earthquake resistant house construction training to around ten thousand people.  JICA has helped for construction of 300 schools, and among the total, 83 schools are under-construction.

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