On 25th of April 2015, at 11:56 local time, a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, with the epicenter in Gorkha District. It is the most powerful disaster to strike Nepal since 1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquake. The areas struck by this earthquake are densely populated, including remote villages perched on hilly areas. This earthquake has create a loss of thousands of human life and building and on the same time has also provided an opportunity to build back better. Earthquake has cause damage to many of rural building. People were in fear for construction of new building, because it was due to collapse of building, which cause death of most of the people. So, while building back better, technical assistance is required to the people to convince them about the technology and to develop the manpower to adapt the technology. National reconstruction authority has proposed minimum six technical assistance component for reconstruction which are i. Community Orientation ii. Door to
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