Pictorial book on earthquake launched in Nepal

A book, giving pictorial depiction of the powerful earthquakes that struck Nepal in 2015 and killed nearly 9,000 people, was launched here today.
The book titled 'The Gorkha Earthquake-2015' has been dedicated to the deceased and survivors of the earthquake.
The book includes the geology of Nepal, its seismicity, scientific background of the Gorkha Earthquake, damage and loss including the assistance of the government, security agencies and international organisations.
The authors of the book -- Assistant Professor Deepak Chaulagain and photo journalist Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi -- have decided to donate the fund collected from the book for the education of the quake surviving children.

"Documentation of the infrastructures plays a significant part in the reconstruction process. To rebuild the structure depicting the same culture and tradition, there has to be the documentation of those buildings and monuments," said Govinda Raj Pokharel, CEO at National Reconstruction Authority during the launch of the book.
"We need social and economic reconstruction as well. The physical reconstruction remains incomplete without economic assurance," Pokharel said.
Nearly 9,000 people were killed and 500,000 houses were demolished during the twin earthquakes of 2015.