Earthquake Risk reduction and Recovery PreparednessRecovery Preparedness Programme for Nepalg p

By

S h P k h A hSuresh Prakash AcharyaJoint Secretary

Ministry of Physical Planning and Worksy y g

Singhdurbar, Kathmandu Nepalhttp://www.moppw.gov.np

http://www.errrp.org.np

Country Programme Action Plan ( )(CPAP)

Programme Period : 2007‐2010g• Expected CP Outcomes: Risks of natural hazardsto rural and urban livelihoods and infrastructurereduced/disaster risk management integratedreduced/disaster risk management integratedinto the livelihoods and infrastructures relatedsectoral plans of the government

• Expected CP Outputs: Capacities of key ministries, local bodies, civil societies and urban/ruralcommunities enhanced for planning andcommunities enhanced for planning andimplementation of disaster risk management,emergency response and early recovery

Proposed Project Municipalities

Kathmandu

Dhangadhi Surkhet

Pokhara

(Central Office)

Eastern Development

Region

Hetauda

Region

Biratnagar

Key Outputs of ProgrammeKey Outputs of Programme

1. Earthquake risk, vulnerability and capacity assessment conducted in the project areas, especially from gender and poverty perspective to support the Govt. and communities

2. Capacities of Govt. Institutions and communities living in high risk areas enhanced to adapt and implement EQ preparedness planning and safe construction practice using appropriate EQ resistant construction guidelines

3. Capacities of Govt. strengthened in disaster recovery preparedness to support enhanced recovery operations in post disaster situations

4. Capacities of the Govt. developed to implement national disaster management framework by supporting locally appropriate solutions to EQ risk reduction proposed by Nepal

Major Activities (Summary)Major Activities (Summary)

1 Public Education Awareness – 7 activities1. Public Education Awareness  7 activities

2. Trainings to engineers, architects, masons etc 12 activities– 12 activities

3. Study Reports 11 Jobs

4. Retrofitting works (Demonstrative) ‐ 5 activities

Public Education Awareness

1. Inception of Meeting in Five Programme Municipalities2. Sensitization on Earthquake Risk Reduction and Preparedness Pokhara

Hetauda Dhangadhi Surkhet Biratnagar two times in each municipalities Total 790 participants

3 P bli S i A t (PSA) B d ti i FM (90Mh )3. Public Service Announcement (PSA)  Broadcasting in FM (90Mhz)4. Pull Down Test in Saibu Bhaisepati Area5. Different type of Posters about 

1 EQ P d1. EQ Preparedness, 2. Technical Details of safe construction practice3. EQ preparedness booklet

6. EQ  Safety drills in Schools – 14 schoolsQ y7. Preparation of Video documentary

1. Activities of ERRRP2. Drama on EQ preparedness

Trainings to engineers, architects, masons etcetc

1. Earthquake Resistant Building Construction Training to Supervisor  at Biratnagar 34 participants

2. Training on Structural Analysis and Earthquake Resistant Design of Building using SAP 2000 and Nepal National Building Code  at Pokhara 33 participants

3. Earthquake Resistant Building Construction Training to Masons  at  Hetauda33 participants

4. Earthquake Resistant Building Construction Training to Mason  at  Dhangadhii i30 participants

5. Training on Earthquake Resistant Design of Building /Nepal National  building code and its implementation strategy  at Surkhet 24 participants

h k ld kh6. Earthquake Resistant Building Construction Training to Mason  at  Pokhara40  participants

7. Earthquake Resistant Building Construction Training to Supervisor at Dhangadhi 29 participantsDhangadhi 29 participants

Trainings to engineers, architects, dmasons etc contd…

8. Vulnerability Assessment Training at  Pokhara23 participants

9. Earthquake Resistant Building Construction Training to Mason at Surkhet32 participants

10. Training on Earthquake Resistant Design of Building /Nepal National  g q g g / pbuilding code and its implementation strategy at Hetauda 33 participants

11. Training on Structural Analysis and Earthquake Resistant Design of Building using SAP 2000 and Nepal National Building Code at Biratnagarg g p g g27 participants

12. Lesson learnt exercise on past disaster  in high risk countries of the region undertaken  (ERRP Regional Workshop Nepal, Pakistan, India and ( g p p , ,Bangladesh)

Total Professional Trainings Participants ‐ 253 Persons

Study Reports 

1. Municipal Profile in terms of earthquake Risk and vulnerability and report on “Impact of Settlement pattern, land use practice and option in high i k f fi i i li i T l i i N li drisk areas of five programme municipalities. Translation in Nepali done

2. Structural Vulnerability Assessments and Structural Design for Seismic Retrofitting works of Existing Public building in five programme

i i li imunicipalities

3. Review report on existing government and municipal policies on earthquake risk reduction, preparedness and response Translation in N li dNepali done

4. Recommendation report for update of Nepal National Building Code.  Translation in Nepali done

5. Seismic Vulnerability Evaluation Guideline for Private and Public Building (For pre disaster vulnerability and post disaster damage assessment Translation in Nepali done

Study Reports contd….Study Reports  contd….  

6. Mason Training Guideline  

7. Mason Training Manual on Earthquake Resistant Construction of Buildings

8. Training Manual on Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings/Nepal g q g g / pNational Building Code and its Implementation strategy

9. Recovery Principle and Guideline

10 Documentation of Indigenous Knowledge and Technologies for Safer10. Documentation of Indigenous Knowledge and Technologies for Safer Buildings

11. Vulnerability Assessment of Mobile Towers in Kathmandu Valley

Retrofitting works (Demonstrative)Retrofitting works (Demonstrative)

1. Seismic Retrofitting of Fire brigade Building of Pokhara Sub‐Metropolitan City 

2. Seismic Retrofitting of Ward No. 3 Office Building of Biratnagar Sub‐Metropolitan City 

3. Seismic Retrofitting of Pusapa Lal Memorial Building at HetaudaMunicipality 

4. Seismic Retrofitting of Tri‐Nagar Higher Secondary School of Dhanagadhig g g y g

5. Seismic Retrofitting Works of Shree Krishna General High School Birendranagar Municipality

ChallengesChallenges 

• The entire drinking water and sanitation sector is not disaster sensitive

• Mobile Towers on Roof Top are found to be very much vulnerablevulnerable

• School buildings in core area of the city are using residential building which are not designed for that purposepurpose

• Despite NBC and Building Act, it is not practiced and followed by majority

• Absence of Risk Sensitive Land Use Plan has led to the development of  vulnerable areas (Liquefaction Zone) into residential and other purposesp p

Challenges Contd..Challenges Contd..

• There is no special seismic standards for bridges, hospitals p g , pand major infrastructures and planning elements

• Cross cutting issues related to marginalised groups such as l t LIG l h t b id dlow cast groups, LIG people, have not been considered

• There is no specific norms, design standard for retrofitting works, how to make it cost effective and pragmatic, p g

• There is no provision of regular budget for rehabilitation and reconstruction in MoPPW

Way Forward/Future ProposalsWay Forward/Future Proposals

1. Implementation of National Building Code– Strengthening of capacity of municipalities,  DUDBC and other 

relevant agencies  for  implementing NBC – Amendment of NBC 

2. Retrofitting  Skill : Formulation  of design standards for retrofitting and trainings needed to concerned engineers and masons.

3. Seismic Vulnerability  Evaluation Guidelines (Pre and Post)d f i i i hi ki i i i li i– Need of trainings to engineers, architects working in municipalities 

DUDBC and other relevant agencies4. Recovery Principles and Guidelines for engineers and architects working in 

municipalities, DUDBC and relevant agenciesmunicipalities, DUDBC and relevant agencies5. Preparation of risk Sensitive Land Use Plan for municipalities6. Inclusion of Vulnerability Assessment Guidelines in Permit System of  Mobile 

Towers  : For Nepal Telecom Authority

Strength/Legal ProvisionsBuilding Act 1999g

Article 3: Formation of the Building Construction Management Strengthening Committee: 

a Secretary Ministry of Physical Planning and works : Chairpersona. Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and works : Chairperson

b. Representative, National Planning Commission : Member

c. Representative, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs : Member

d Member‐Secretary Nepal Council of Standards : Memberd. Member‐Secretary, Nepal Council of Standards : Member

e. Dean, Institute of Engineering : Member

f. Joint Secretary, Ministry of Local Development :  Member

g Chief the Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology : Memberg. Chief, the Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology : Member

h. Three persons in maximum nominated by Government of Nepal from among persons having special knowledge on building construction : Members

i. Director General, DUDBC: Member‐Secretaryi. Director General, DUDBC: Member Secretary

– The Committee may, if it deems necessary, invite to take part the concernednative or foreign expert or any other person in the meeting of the Committeeas an observer.

– The DUDBC shall carry out functions as the secretariat of the Committee.

Strength/Legal ProvisionsBuilding Act 1999

Article 4: Functions, Duties and Powers of the Committee:•To make necessary legal provisions with regard to regulating buildingconstruction activities in order to protect buildings from earthquake, fireand other natural calamities to the extent possible;•To prepare building code for regulating building construction activitiesand submit it to Government of Nepal for approval;

b d d d h•To carry out or cause to be carried out studies and researches necessaryfor bringing timely changes in building code and developing proceduresand technology for building construction;•To cause to be conducted inquiry into whether or not drawings have•To cause to be conducted inquiry into whether or not drawings havebeen approved according to the standard specified in the building code;•To make recommendations to the Nepal Council of Standards todetermine standards of native and foreign goods relating to buildingdetermine standards of native and foreign goods relating to buildingconstruction;•To disseminate information to general public with regard to utilization ofthe building code;g ;

Strength/Legal ProvisionsBuilding Act

Article 6 : Sub‐Committee may be formed: 

(1) The Committee may form various sub‐committees as may be necessary comprising of the concerned experts for carrying out or causingnecessary comprising of the concerned experts for carrying out or causing to be carried out any act it has to perform. 

(2) The functions, duties and powers of the sub‐committees formed pursuant to sub‐Section (1) shall be as specified by the Committeepursuant to sub‐Section (1) shall be as specified by the Committee.

Article 10 : Building to be constructed as per building code: 

While constructing building by any person, organization or government agency, the building shall have to be constructed according to the standard prescribed in the building code.      

While constructing a building in such a manner, the building shall be constructed under the guidance of the designer or his/her representative, engineer or architect of at least the same level of the designer, engineer or architect who has approved the drawing or design of such a buildingarchitect who has approved the drawing or design of such a building.

Strength/Legal ProvisionsldBuilding Act

Article 11 : Drawing get to be approved: • (1) The person, organization or government agency willing to 

construct a building referred to in classes “A”, “B” or “C” referred to in Section 8 within a Municipal area shall have to get the drawing and design approved from the concerned Urban Developmentand design approved from the concerned Urban Development Office.

• (2) The person, organization or government agency going to construct a building referred to in classes “A” and “B” referred to in Section 8 outside a Municipal area shall prepare the drawing of the building and get it approved from the concerned Urban Development Office.

• Provided that in case of the building of class “C” the drawing as per• Provided that in case of the building of class  C , the drawing as per the Building Code shall have to be produced while applying for approval of drawing according to the laws in force for the time being.

Strength/Legal ProvisionsBuilding Act

Article12 : Drawing not be approved against norms: 

A Municipality shall not approve drawing against the norms set out in the B ildi dBuilding code.

Article 13 : Building Construction may be supervised: 

(1) The Urban Development Office may supervise as to whether or not any person, organization or government agency has observed the standards referred to in the building code while constructing a building.

• (2)  While conducting supervision pursuant to sub‐Section (1), it case the Urban Development Office find that construction of a building is not in accordance with the norms set out in the building code, it may give necessary directives to the concerned person, organization or government 

d it h ll b th d t f th d i tiagency and it shall be the duty of the concerned person, organization or government agency to abide by such directives.

Strength/Legal ProvisionsldBuilding Act

Article 14 :  Punishment: 

(1) In case anyone constructs a building without getting the drawing approved under this Act, the Urban Development Office shall immediately issue an order to suspend such construction work.

• (2) In case anyone constructs a building against the approved drawing or the standards set out in the building code, the Urban Development Office shall issue an order to demolish the whole or a part of such a building and impose a fine on the concerned person, organization or government agency committing such an act not exceeding seventy‐five thousand rupees in the case of construction of class “A” building and not exceeding fif h d i f i f l “B” b ildififty thousand rupees in case of construction of class “B” building

Strength/Legal ProvisionsB ildi R l i 2009Building Regulation 2009

Article 3 :   Approval to be obtained prior to construction of a building: ( )(1) Any person, organization or government agency willing to construct a 

building of the “A” “B” or “C” class referred to in sub‐section (1) of Section 11 of the Act shall, while submitting application for approval of the drawing to a Municipality in the format referred to in schedule‐1, h b h d llhave to submit the design as well.

(2) Any person, organization or government agency willing to construct a building of the “A” or “B” class referred to in sub‐section (2) of Section 11 of the Act shall, while submitting application for approval of the drawing , g pp pp gto a Municipality in the format referred to in schedule‐1, have to submit the structure and design as well and any person, organization or government agency willing to construct a building of the “C” class shall submit the drawing for approval to the Urban Development Office of the g pp pconcerned district in the format referred to in schedule‐1.

• Application Form and Technical details  are described in Annexes 

Strength/Institutional Set upStrength/Institutional Set up

• Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MoPPW) with clear y y g ( )mandate in Preparedness as well as Rehabilitation and Reconstruction management in National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management 2009Risk Management, 2009

• Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) with 26 division offices (nearly 700 staffs) covering whole Nepal with one special office for training and research for building technology in Hetauda.

• Kathmandu Valley Town Development Committee with three• Kathmandu Valley Town Development Committee with three Implementation Offices in the Valley

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