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Bibek Bhandari is an aspiring journalist who a few years ago wrote about how he thought, Nepal was not prepared for a major earthquake and feared the country would not be able to cope, should an earthquake with the intensity–8.4 on the Richter Scale–strike the capital.
Fast word five years it seems his worst night-mare has come true. The worst ever earthquake to hit the country in 81 years
Read an excerpt from the article he published in his wordpress page in January, 2010
"Being an earthquake prone zone, this could happen any day, any moment. And the destruction and devastation in Haiti recently and in Sichuan Province in China last year makes our eyes wide open, thinking about Kathmandu’s future. If a massive tremor would rumble Kathmandu, most of the infrastructures would be destroyed, many homes would demolish; it would be difficult for the aid to arrive since the roads would be blocked (most of the hillside roads that connect Kathmandu could be affected by the earthquake) and the only international airport could face similar problems; communications could come to a standstill. But are we doing anything? How conscious are we?"Continue, to view extent of devastation in pictures. warning, contains some distressing images
The United Nations has pledged $1 million in funds to help the people of Nepal and India has set up refugee camps along it's borders with Nepal but, What if at all anything could have been done to Mitigate the extent of damage the country has suffered.
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