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 door technical assistance
iii. Mason Training 7 days
iv. Vocational Training
v. Information Desk/Help Desk
vi. Demonstration Building
Firstly, community orientation is required to aware people about the technology and it's importance. The perception of people for the construction of earthquake resistant building and formation of disaster resilient community can be possible through community orientation.
Secondly, door to door technical assistance which is also termed as mobile clinic is one of the major technical assistance component in which a technical person, an engineer, visit to each household during the construction and provide technical assistance to the house owner and masons working in the field. Through mobile clinic, masons are properly guided for the construction of earthquake resistance building.
In order to enhance the skill of working masons, 7 days of mason training is required. If the masons who has worked previously is not provided with skill enhancement training, the building that will be constructed, will be with the same technology as it was before earthquake. So, to make familiar with the earthquake resistant technology, masons should be provided with seven days mason training.
In the affected 14 district of Nepal, in average about fifty thousand buildings were constructed annually before earthquake. However, after earthquake, it is required to construct more than seven lakhs building at the same time. So, the present number of masons is not sufficient for reconstruction and hence it is required to develop more masons. So, with the purpose of developing new masons for reconstruction, vocational training need to be performed.
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 door technical assistance
iii. Mason Training 7 days
iv. Vocational Training
v. Information Desk/Help Desk
vi. Demonstration Building
Firstly, community orientation is required to aware people about the technology and it's importance. The perception of people for the construction of earthquake resistant building and formation of disaster resilient community can be possible through community orientation.
Secondly, door to door technical assistance which is also termed as mobile clinic is one of the major technical assistance component in which a technical person, an engineer, visit to each household during the construction and provide technical assistance to the house owner and masons working in the field. Through mobile clinic, masons are properly guided for the construction of earthquake resistance building.
In order to enhance the skill of working masons, 7 days of mason training is required. If the masons who has worked previously is not provided with skill enhancement training, the building that will be constructed, will be with the same technology as it was before earthquake. So, to make familiar with the earthquake resistant technology, masons should be provided with seven days mason training.
In the affected 14 district of Nepal, in average about fifty thousand buildings were constructed annually before earthquake. However, after earthquake, it is required to construct more than seven lakhs building at the same time. So, the present number of masons is not sufficient for reconstruction and hence it is required to develop more masons. So, with the purpose of developing new masons for reconstruction, vocational training need to be performed.
Through information desk or help desk located on strategic location during peak flow of locals, information about the reconstruction updates from National Reconstruction Authority can be shared to the locals in the form of posters and other publications. Through this, not only house owner but other stakeholder who are directly or indirectly related with reconstruction are also benefited.
There is one saying that seeing is believing. The retention of some information on human mind is more when it is seen rather than just listening about it. So, if there were more number of demonstration building, people can see it and replicate the technology used in the demonstration or model house. So, a concept of having at least one demonstration house at each ward of then VDC is also planned from National Reconstruction Authority.
In conclusion,it can be said that, while providing technical assistance in any community, a single technical assistance component or more than one out of above six component is not sufficient. In order to workout for rapid and safe reconstruction, the above mentioned minimum six component of technical assistance are required.
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