Kathmandu Post: Saving History: Making the Historical Monuments of the Kathmandu Valley Seismically Safe
Sep 17, 2017-Apart from the occasional articles in newspapers and the seminars conducted by international agencies and non-governmental organizations in Kathmandu, nobody was seriously aware of the danger of earthquakes looming around Nepal until April 25, 2015.The devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.8 resulted in the death of 9,000 people, seriously injuring 22,000, causing the collapse of 500,000 homes and leaving 250,000 houses damaged. This great earthquake also caused the collapse and widespread damage of ancient monuments in earthquake affected areas of Nepal. According to a study conducted by UNDP, 8 million people were affected by the earthquake.