(25 Apr 2025)
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Kathmandu, Nepal – 25 April 2025
1. Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli arriving at memorial ceremony to mark 10th anniversary of 2015 earthquake in Nepal
2. Oli lighting candles in memory of the people killed in the earthquake
3. Foreign ambassadors at the event
4. Ambassadors lighting candles
5. Oli sitting down on stage along side his ministers
6. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Khadga Prasad Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal:
“There was a huge loss of both lives and property then but were able to successfully recover and reconstruct. Nepal has shown resilience. We have proved how resilient we are through out achievement."
7. Remains of tower that collapsed in earthquake next to a new one built to replace it
8.Top shot of Kathmandu city
9. Close up of old palace in Kathmandu mostly rebuilt after earthquake damage
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Bhaktarpur, Nepal – 23 April 2025
10. Various of courtyard in damaged palace
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Anil Pokhrel, reconstruction expert:
“Nepal’s reconstruction, given the time, given the scale, given the process it went through and working with development partners, it is really considered as one of the exemplary reconstruction and recovery experience."
12. Foreign tourists visiting the Bhaktapur palace yards
13. A house damaged in the 2015 earthquake being demolished ahead of reconstruction
14. An alley at Bhaktapur where houses damaged by the earthquake have been rebuilt since
STORYLINE:
Nepal marked the 10th anniversary of the devastating 2015 earthquake on Friday with a memorial service attended by top officials who pledged to be better prepared to face future disasters.
At exactly 11:56 a.m., which was the time of the earthquake on April 25, 2015, Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, top ministers, officials and diplomats stood up and held a minute of silence in memory of those killed at the site of a tower that collapsed and crushed 180 people.
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed 9,000 people, wounded more than 22,000 and damaged some 1 million houses and buildings.
Oli was joined by ministers and diplomats from countries that helped Nepal with rescue, recovery and later reconstruction efforts to light candles in memory of the lives that were lost in the disaster.
Some 80% of structures that were damaged by the earthquake have been rebuilt, with almost all schools and public buildings upgraded to new safety standards, according to Anil Pokhrel, who headed the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority for years until he retired last month.
As many as 95% of houses damaged in rural areas have been rebuilt, while there is less in urban areas mainly due to issues like disputes over ownership or rebuilding plans.
Families were given $3,000 to reconstruct their homes, and offices were set up by the government in all districts that were staffed with engineers and experts to help them rebuild.
AP video by Upendraman
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