Gorkha Earthquake Response
2015
Disaster Management Division
Ministry of Home Affairs
स्वागतम ्
2015 June 25
Gorkha Earthquake 2015
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An earthquake of 7.6 Ml, 7.8 Mw struck with
epicentre around Barpak, Gorkha District (40
Second Strong Shaking) at 11:56 local time on
April 25, Saturday
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A heavy aftershock of 6.6 Ml at 12:30 hrs in the
same area of Gorkha
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Several aftershock felt, including 6.9 Ml on 26
April and 6.8 Ml on 12 May; the total number of
aftershock of greater than 4.0 Ml is 328 (to-date)
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The tremor was felt all over Nepal, and in Tibet,
Sikkim, Bihar, Utter Pradesh and Delhi
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Created devastating impact in the Kathmandu
Valley and other more than 30 districts of the
country
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After 1934, this was the most devastating quake
(after 82 yrs) that the present generation has
experienced
Earthquake and After Shocks, total 328
April 25 EQ
May 12 AS
Immediate Response

Activation of National Emergency Operation Center
(NEOC) at 4th level
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Immediate Rescue Operation started, security forces
mobilised
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Standby Hospitals and health facility, treatment started
in no time
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Immediate Relief Distribution
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Prime-Minister's Appeal
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Search, rescue and relief related Government
machinery activated immediately
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Security situation maintained
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Activation of DDRC at earthquake hit districts,
mobilisation of district level security forces for
response
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Community people involvement along with security
forces
Activation of Higher Government Authorities
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Meeting of CNDRC after two hours, at 14.00 hrs, made
major policy decisions including
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Accelerate SAR and Relief operations timely and effectively
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Standby free Medical treatment
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Activation of all government and non-government agencies
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Several consecutive CNDRC meetings held on
27 April, 30 April, 3 May, 10 May and 12 May.
Cabinet Decision after four hours, at 16.00, made major
policy decisions including
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Emergency declared at severely affacted14 districts
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International appeal for effective search, rescue and relief
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Mobilisation of the Prime-Minister Relief Fund
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The CNDRC Decisions endorsed
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Secretaries Meeting, led by the Chief Secretary, activated the all
government agencies
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Establishment of Central Command Post, headed by the Home Secretary
NEOC Building
Declaration of Emergency
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Government of Nepal declared emergency to 14 highly
affected districts for one month
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The 14 districts are : Gorkha, Sindhupalchowk, Dhading,
Kavre, Dolakha, Nuwakot, Ramechhap, Sindhuli, Rasuwa,
Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Makwanpur and
Okhaldhunga
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Special power was given to the Chief District Officer (CDO),
as per Basic Goods and Services Control Act, 2017BS and
Natural Disaster (Rescue) Act, 2039 BS to handle basic utility
services and to make search, rescue and relief operation
effective
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Basic utility services and market were made functional and
regulated accordingly
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Search, rescue operation and relief distribution were
expedited
National Search and Rescue
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Helicopter Mobilization
66069 Army,41776 Police,24775 Armed Police
Force, 22500 Civil Servants were mobilized for
search, rescue and relief operation
Helicopters
Numbers Flights
Nepalese Army
10
1958
Altogether 7762 people were rescued by
helicopters and 4689 were rescued by land
transportation
Private Sector
6
745
Indian Air Force 13
1177
National Security Forces were heavily involved
rescuing buried and wounded people from
rubble
USA
7
287
3
74
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All injured and rescued people were given
immediate free medical treatment
Chinese
Total
39
4241

1116 tons relief materials were airlifted to the
very remote mountain areas
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Pokhara Base Flights
458
G Total
4699
Appeal for International Assistance

Appealed for international support in Search, Rescue
and Relief on 25 April

Various arrangements were made to facilitate
incoming of the International humanitarian actors:
special arrangement in Immigration offices, Visa fee
exemption, Customs clearance-model agreement etc

Ministry of Foreign Affairs facilitated International
SAR Teams and relief support

MNMCC at Nepalese Army and OSOCC at UNOCHA
were made operational under the policy leadership
of NEOC, as per the NDRF and UNISARAG Guidelines
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More than 1400 medical professionals from 78
International Medical teams were mobilized in
coordination with MOHP
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After a week of devastating quake, CNDRC meeting
on 2 May 2015 acknowledged the efforts of
International SAR Teams and requested to make their
exit plans
International Search and Rescue Teams
Total of 4,521 SAR personals from 34 countries and
141 canines were mobilized for SAR operation
International rescue team rescued 16 lives from the
rubbles and recovered many dead bodies along with
our National Security Forces
Rescue teams were from various 34 countries :
Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Bangladesh, Canada,
China, France, German, Hungary, India, Indonesia,
Israel, Japan, Jordon, Malaysia, Mexico, the
Netherland, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland,
Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Singapore,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE,
UK, USA
Activation of Cluster
Cluster
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SAR and Logistics Cluster
lead/co-lead
Specific Ministries are assigned
for the procurement of relief
items.
MOHA /WFP
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Health Cluster
MOHP /WHO
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WASH
MOUD/ Unicef
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Nutrition Cluster
MOHP/Unicef
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Emergency Shelter Cluster
MOUD/ IFRC
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CCCM Cluster
MOUD/IOM
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Food Security Cluster
MOAD/WFP
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Education Cluster
MOE/ Unicef
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Protection Cluster
MOWCSW/UNFPA
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Emergency Telecommunication
MOIC/WFP
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Early Recovery Network Cluster
MOFALD/ UNDP
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Tarpaulin
MOUD
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Food Items
MOCS
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Dry Food
MOI
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Health related equipment
MOHP
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Import of relief items
MOFA
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Management of heavy equipment
MOPIT
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Medicine
MOHP
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Shelter coordination
MoHA
Relief Distribution
NFI
Food Item
Other Relief Items
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Tent/Tarpaulin
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Rice
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Medicine
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Blanket
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Sugar
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Hygiene Kits
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Mattress
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Salt
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Shelter Kits
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Solar Light
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Noodles
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Protection/Dignity Kits
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Clothes
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Bhugiya
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Baby kits
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Soap
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Bitten Rice
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Hygiene kit
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Water
Blankets to Pregnant and
Lactating women; and
senior citizens
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Water purifying
tablet
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Biscuit
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Dalmot/Dry Food
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Bean/Lentil
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Dead Body Bag
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Generator
Relief Received from
Relief Received from the Countries
through government warehouse
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Member States(central government)
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Azerbaijan
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Kuwait
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State Gov. of Neighboring Countries
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Algeria
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Malaysia
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UN Agencies/Specialized Agencies
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Bangladesh
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Myanmar
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Red cross movement
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Bahrain
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The Netherland
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Local government
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Bhutan
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Oman
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International NGOs
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Canada
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Pakistan
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NGOs, Civil Society, Community Orgn.
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China
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Poland
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Business Houses/Business Groups
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Germany
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Russia
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Individuals
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Hong Kong
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Singapore
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India
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Sri Lanka
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Indonesia
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Switzerland
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Israel
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Thailand
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Japan
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Turkey
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Korea
Relief Facilitation
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Three Warehouses at Center Level
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HSA at Tribhuvan International Airport
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Food Corporation Warehouse at Thapathali
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National Trading Limited Warehouse at Singh Durbar
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At central level, a committee was formed comprising of
Secretary of MOHA, MOUD and MOCS for the decision of
Relief Distribution.
Facilitation on Relief Items
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A team of JS of MOHA, MOFA and MOF stationed in the
Warehouse of TIA in order to facilitate in releasing relief
items
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JS of MOCS responsible for managing warehouses at
Nepal Food Cooperation and National Trading Ltd
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A team of CDO, LDO, Chief of Custom and NP was formed
for custom clearance at border points
Monetary Relief to Victims
Rs. 5,000 for fully destroyed house
Rs. 3,000 for partially damaged house
Rs. 2,000 immediate Relief for Food
Rs. 40,000 per death to the family
Additional Rs. 100,000 to each family
that has lost lives
• Rs. 15,000 to fully destroyed house for
temporary shelter
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Death Tolls - 8,831
Injured - 22309
House Fully Destroyed 591647
Funding for Disaster Response
Flow of Funding

Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund at
OPMCM

Amount released from PM DR fund Rs.
12,000,000,000 (12 billion)
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Central Disaster Relief Fund at MOHA


GoN has announced to establish a
Reconstruction Fund and allocated 2
billion Nrs for the rehabilitation and
reconstruction of the damaged buildings,
cultural and religious structures.
Amount released to District DR Fund Rs.
8,583,500,000 (8.58 billion)
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Amount released to different Ministries Rs.
1,040,000,000 (1.04 billion)
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Amount Released to Security Forces Rs.
410,000,000 (410 Million)
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Several national and international
proposals are coming up for it

PDNA is with leadership of NPC

This Donors conference to provide
assistances in reconstruction will have
high value for the reconstruction process
of Nepal
Achievements

7000 out of 22,000 injured (40%) rescued by Air Ambulance from the
most difficult terrain of the country and, possibly, the world

Effective free treatment of emergency in both private and public
hospitals; within 72 hrs Emergency Rooms in major hospitals were made
empty by treating all victims

5 million people in 49 districts were camping outside house for a month,
in spite of which the overall situation of law and order was maintained

Smooth supply of drinking water, restoration of communication, no long
queue in Bank and shops, holding of public goods (black marketing)
effectively controlled

Successfully managed a safe passage to the exodus of around one
million affected people from Kathmandu within one week

Successfully managed to deliver the immediate relief to all affected
people within one month

Probable epidemic outbreak was fully controlled
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Day to day life of the people came back to normal within one month
Possible ways for improvements


Develop standard operating
procedures in customs clearance
during disaster
Centralized data entry/collection for
victim identification and relief
distribution
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Effective co-ordination for information
collection from locals, civil society,
crowd sourcing

Better co-ordination with NGO/INGOs
in relief distribution to avoid
duplication
The way forward

Mainstreaming DRR into development planning
and implementation process

Budget code for disaster management, both
at central and local level
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Enhancing National Search and Rescue
Capacity and air rescue capability
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Sufficient storage for relief distribution of
food and non-food items
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Reconstruction and recovery, build back
better
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