Write a report writing on Nepal earthquake 2015.

Highlights

• The Government reports that 130,033 houses were destroyed and 85,856 houses partially damaged. Over 30,000 houses are destroyed in Nuwakot District alone.

• While search and rescue efforts are winding down, dead body management, identification of missing people and family reunification have become key challenges.

• To date, over $ 22 million in bilateral contributions from Member States and private organizations has been received for the Nepal earthquake response. The Humanitarian Country Team is seeking $ 415 million to provide life-saving assistance for the next three months.

• Five days into the response, search and rescue teams saved an additional two lives from the rubble.

Situation Overview

The extent of the damage to houses is becoming clearer as additional data is collected by the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC), operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA). As of 30 April (16:00 local time), NEOC reports that 130,033 houses were destroyed and 85,856 houses damaged. Additionally, Government premises have been badly hit with 10,141 destroyed buildings and 13, 502 damaged buildings. The districts with the highest number of damaged houses are Nuwakot, Dhading, Kathmandu and Lalitpur.

The death toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake increased to 5,582 people with 11,175 injured, according to NEOC. The highest number of confirmed deaths has been recorded in Sindhupalchowk, Kathmandu and Nuwakot.

Humanitarian partners in the most affected areas identified tents and food as the most critical needs. Over 3 million people are estimated to be in need of food assistance.

Partners have delivered food to affected people in Gorkha and Dhading, with additional distributions to be completed by the end of the week in Nuwakot and Sindhupalchowk districts. Inaccessibility to some remote areas and the lack of sufficient helicopters to transport food, as well as poor communication and security concerns, remain the main challenges in providing for those most at need.

There are unconfirmed reports of people protesting for the lack of relief items or competing for the limited resources. Although isolated, these security incidents risk further delay in relief distribution in some areas.

Overall, the communications system is more stable in comparison to the early days of the emergency, when remote areas were out of reach with only mobile text messaging functioning in Kathmandu Valley. Communications has been reinforced by the private sector which has donated cash and free telecommunication services in Nepal.

According to the Cash Learning Partnership, local markets in parts of the affected districts have been affected as the price of basic commodities has gone up. In response, the Government has issued a letter asking citizens to maintain the local market price. The letter states that people who are found to increase the prices will be subject to a fine of approximately US$ 2,000 and a jail sentence of up to 10 years.

With remittances representing one fourth of Nepal’s current Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the emergency challenges cash flow which is urgently needed for families to recover. Migrant workers have already started to return to Nepal to be with their families affected by the disaster. In addition, diaspora and professional networks are beginning to mobilize resources to support relief efforts.

Five days into the response, search and rescue teams saved an additional two lives from the rubble.

Dead body management and identification of missing people, as well as family reunification, become priority issues for the Government and the humanitarian partners on the ground.

On 30 April, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator arrived in Nepal to take stock of the emergency relief efforts and the scale of the disaster.

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