Report on Post Disaster Need Assessment
Report
on Post Disaster Need Assessment
(Halde
Kalika Village Development Committee Nuwakot District, Nepal)
1)Prithvi
Lal Shrestha (Senior Divisional
Geologist/ Department of Mines & Geology)
2)Narayan
Prasad Dahal (Account Officer / City
Development
Office)
3)Khem
Raj Bhatta (Amin
/ Survey Office)
1.
BACK GROUND
After the great earthquake of 7.6
Ml (NSC/DMG) which rocked central Nepal with casualties more than eight
thousand on 25 April 2015, our team of three members was appointed in my
leadership for Post Disaster Need Assessment in Halde Kalika Village
Development Committee of Nuwakot District. The team was appointed for one month
from Government side. Final report is submitted to the District Disaster Relief
Committee, Bidur.
2.
OBJECTIVES
i) Take or help to take immediate
relief action after gathering information on earthquake victims.
ii) Help to make Integrated
Resettlement Plan for earthquake victims if needed.
iii) Help to reuse or reconstruct
public structures after collecting data of damage from an earthquake.
iv) Help to reuse or reconstruct
all physical structures after accomplishing Post Disaster Need Assessment.
3.
METHODOLOGY
Our team members filled up data of
damage in two formatted forms; one is “Basic Information on Damage of
Individual Households” with direct interaction (face to face) with the house
owner individually from about 1000 houses of all nine wards. And second, public
structures like, schools/hospitals/Government offices/industries and college
etc., was filled up in “Damage of Government/Public Structures” form with
direct interaction with the local Government officials and local people.
Instruction was given to the people
that whether they can stay or not in particular house/structure after
inspecting damage condition.
4.
FINDINGS ON THE SITE
The pictures of the villages are
horrible and heart touching. Almost all houses are made of adobe type with mud
and stone having weak holding capacity, which are totally damage. Even with
some houses, seem to be fine from outside is damage from inside, where people
can’t live. 25 people were dead and more than 100 injured found in this VDC.
5.
PROBLEMS
Major problem with people in the
site is totally damage houses and improper shelters to live. Some people have
not received tents yet. They build temporary but poor shelters by using the
materials from their damage houses. The cash money 7000 Nepalese rupees from
the Government side is not completely distributed yet. Relief materials and
food didn’t go to all people up to now. News of loot and vandalize is coming
from some places. Cunning and clever people got relief materials many times, which
indicates lack of monitoring and security from the Government side. Almost all
schools are damage so students have problem to get education timely. In some
places water sources dried up so people are facing with water problem. There
will be major problem of landslides in the area where fractures are made due to
earthquake, in near future since monsoon (rainy season) is ahead. This may
cause more disaster.
Beside
these, strong psychological effects have been seen mostly in children, women
and old people.
6.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION
Immediate solution for villagers is
to manage temporary shelters or houses before monsoon starts. Relief
distribution should be equal and as early as possible under Government
supervision. Psychologists and doctors should be appointed to take care of the
people affected from mental problem. To start classes in school, temporary
shelter should be built, students should be taught with enjoyment environment
and recreational way like, singing/dancing/playing for few weeks so that the negative
effects due to an earthquake would be gone. The experts should be appointed in
villages to interact and teach people that an earthquake is a natural
phenomenon, which is neither stoppable nor predictable, but we can lessen the
aftermath of it. This can bring people down of trauma from earthquake and live
normal lives. Yes, people now are aware of making earthquake resistance houses
but local government should also be strict in implementing building code and
monitor regularly.
7.
RESETTLEMENT PLAN
Resettlement or united habitat is
not possible in this VDC due to geological inhomogeneity of this area. Almost
all villages in this VDC are situated in hilly land and it has lack of open
land. Cultivation practices are in hilly terrain. Every individual has their
own house and land for cultivation so they are not interested to move to other
place. Government or public land is forest, which is also situated in hilly
land. These are the reasons why resettlement of the village is impossible in
this VDC.
8.
SUMMARY
This Halde Kalika VDC which is
about 15 Km east from Bidur, a district headquarter of Nuwakot, is facilitate
with transportation, electricity and communication but remote due to its
geological condition. Rich in hilly and inhomogeneity terrain, this VDC has the
houses mostly made up of mud and stone, which are vulnerable to earthquake, the
result we already saw after the great earthquake. Main cultivation of this area
is paddy, wheat, corn and ginger.
While collecting a data we didn’t
face any problems. We achieved a goal in time due to help of local people and
social workers. And, the guidance and viability of official materials from center time to time made our work easier. Our team wants to thank all the
concerned people for this national task for their help and support.
9.
PHOTOS
