Building resilience against disasters

As a disaster-prone country, it is essential for Nepal to prepare for future disasters.

On April 25, 2015, just before noon, I felt a tremor at my residence in New Delhi. At that time, I was the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Japan in India. I called my colleagues in the Embassy to confirm the epicentre of the earthquake, and I came to know that it was not in India, but in Nepal. Rather than relieved, I was stunned by the magnitude of the earthquake. Even today, I still vividly remember that I hurried to the Ministry of External Affairs of India to coordinate a special flight to Kathmandu for the Japan Disaster Relief Team.