Lesson Learn From Mission on Nepal Earthquake 2015

(The Gorkha Earthquake)

Major A K M Shakil Newaz

Director (Ops. & Maint.)

Team Leader

Dilip Kumar Ghose

Vice Principal Member

Md. Tanharul Islam

Senior Station Officer

Member

Md. Hafijur Rahman

Warehouse Inspector

Member

Muhammad Mamun

Warehouse Inspector

Member

Gap Areas between Bangladesh and Nepal

Katmandu Dhaka

Total area Katmandu valley 570 Sq Km Total area Dhaka City 360 Sq Km

Total Population 25 lacs

Total Population 1 core 60 Lacs

Building 220000(approx) Building 400000(approx)

Cylinder Gas

Pipe Gas

Less soft soil area Large soft soil area (65%)

Gap Areas between Bangladesh and Nepal

Gap Areas in Bangladesh following the context of Nepal Earthquake:Katmandu Dhaka

Nepal has National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC)

In Bangladesh, we do not have any full fledged Emergency Operation Center (EOC).

Less number high-rise buildings in Nepal .Only 12 High –rise building (16 storied building )

Mushrooming of high-rise buildings.

Number of open spaces are more in Nepal which are currently used as shelters

Less number of open spaces

Nepal has approved National Dead Body Management Act which was legal support in this earthquake disaster

Need to develop and approve such act

Old building Code 1980. People tend to ignore the building code while constructing new buildings in Nepal.

BNBC-1993. People tend to ignore the building code while constructing new buildings in Bangladesh. .

Gap Areas between Bangladesh and Nepal

Katmandu DhakaThere is no database of Community Volunteers in Nepal

Maintain Database of Community Volunteers

No Industrial area Have number of Industrial area(Garments factory, chemical factory ,boiler etc)

No Designated team . FSCD having Designated USAR Team

No Inter operable communication System

No Inter operable communication system

Retrofit is done in some KPI Not done

Insufficient USAR equipments Insufficient USAR Equipments

Lack of awareness, drill and practice Lack of awareness ,drill and practice

No back up power supply No back up power supply

No back up communication system No back up communication system

Gap Areas between Bangladesh and Nepal

Why was the Earthquake in Nepal on Saturday so deadly

High magnitude-7.8 on the Richter Scale (Most powerful in the region Shallow Hypocenter - Only 11 km below the Ground Cause landslide and Avalanches Significance After shock up to 6.7 on the Richter scale Very old and poor construction Not following the building code(Old building code NNBC-1980) Lack of Quick Response Measurably fail to asses the damage Fail to make the NEOC functional Fail to Organize SAR team Shortage of SAR equipments Lack of Coordination among the stake holder Unplanned relief operation RDC Fail to mobilize the foreign team quickly (custom clearance) Bad weather Fail to clear the supply road in time which delayed to decentralize the resources

Positive aspect of Nepal Earthquake

25Aril was holiday all school ,college ,university n and offices were closed.

No Fire from gas or electricity Earth quake happened on day time Nepal does not have any industrial area Shallow lequiffication happened as because of earth structure There was no heavy traffic in the mobile communication after the

earthquake Nepal government provided free international and local phone calls for

the first one week. The earthquake was not stronger than the seismologist expected NEOC established on 2009 No commodity price hike Community people are the invaluable assets during any Crisis. Retrofit building have performed well.