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- 3. NEPAL
- 4. PHYSICAL MAP OF NEPAL
- 5. EARTHQUAKE?
- 8. EPICENTER
- 12. LOSS OF HUMAN LIVES Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Becomes Highest On Record In The Nation KATHMANDU, May 17 (Reuters) - The number of people killed in Nepal by two major earthquakes has surpassed 8,500, making the disaster the deadliest to hit the Himalayan country on record, as rescuers on Sunday searched for dozens of people still missing in remote villages. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, killing thousands and demolishing more than half a million homes, most of them in rural areas cut off from emergency medical care. A second major quake struck on Tuesday 76 kilometres (47 miles) east of the capital Kathmandu, just as Nepalis were beginning to recover from the previous earthquake. The death toll from the two quakes now stands at 8,583, the home ministry said on Sunday. The previous deadliest earthquake to strike the country - in 1934 - killed at least 8,519 in Nepal, as well as thousands more in neighbouring India. In Dolakha district east of Kathmandu, which was hit hardest by the second quake, A magnitude 7.9 earthquake has struck the Himalayan nation of Nepal, with reports of extensive damages to property and loss of life. Police said more than 3,000 people were killed in the powerful quake that shook 80km east of Pokhara on Saturday, about half way between the town and the capital Kathmandu. Of the total, 634 were reported dead in the Kathmandu Valley and at least 300 more in the capital, a police spokesman told Reuters news agency.
- 16. Kathmandu Durbar Square Bhaktapur Durbar Square Boudhanath Temple Changu Narayan Lumbini Pashupatinath temple Patan Durbar Swayambhunath
- 25. LOSS OF ECONOMY DUE TO EARTHQUAKE
- 26. Concern was expressed that harvests could be reduced or lost this season as people affected by the earthquake would have only a short time to plant crops before the onset of the Monsoon rains. Nepal, with a total Gross Domestic Product of USD$19.921 billion (according to a 2012 estimate), is one of Asia's poorest countries, and has little ability to fund a major reconstruction effort on its own.Even before the quake, the Asian Development Bank estimated that it would need to spend about four times more than it currently does annually on infrastructure through to 2020 to attract investment. The U.S. Geological Survey initially estimated economic losses from the tremor at 9 percent to 50 percent of gross domestic product, with a best guess of 35 percent. "It's too hard for now to tell the extent of the damage and the effect on Nepal's GDP", according to Hun Kim, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) official. The ADB said on the 28th that it would provide a USD$3 million grant to Nepal for immediate relief efforts, and up to USD$200 million for the first phase of rehabilitation.
- 29. Presentation by : Vidushi Gupta Archa Aggrawal