However it was cancelled at the last minute after the government announced a public vacation for today to grieve the deadly aviation accident in Pokhara that killed all 72 on board, including four team members.According to KMC Spokesperson Nabin Manandhar, some authorities of the KMC collected at Bhugol Park in silence to symbolically mark Earthquake Safety Day.
Other programs related to spreading out awareness about earthquake will continue for the next few days in the prescheduled time.The Main Celebration Dissemination Committee which is responsible for informing more and more individuals about the earthquake, its impact and procedures to protect oneself from earthquake will collaborate to organise the exhibit tomorrow.Every year, National Earthquake Safety Day is observed on Magh 2 in the Nepali calendar in ceremony of the 1934 deadly earthquake in Nepal.
The federal government has planned to observe the Day with the theme of Earthquake Safe Infrastructure, Basis of Safe Life this year.Although Nepal lies in an earthquake-prone zone, very little has actually been done to reduce the circumstance when an earthquake strikes the country.A variation of this short article appears in the print on January 17, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
Observation of Earthquake Day: Indigenous strategy for efficient preparedness
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Earlier, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office had arranged an unique celebration of the Day at Earthquake Memorial Monument at Bhugol Park in New Road in the existence of Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.
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This short article very first appeared/also appeared in https://thehimalayantimes.com
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