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Nepal earthquake: Two years on, why is the Himalayan nation yet to recover?

The twin earthquakes that struck on April 26 and May 12, 2015 caused around 9,000 deaths

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Hemant Ojha, Eileen Baldry, Krishna K. Shrestha | The Conversation
Two years after the devastating earthquakes that struck Nepal, the country is struggling to bounce back. Nearly 70% of the affected people still live in temporary shelters, and it is common to see damaged houses, temples without roofs, and earthquake debris lying around, even in the capital Kathmandu.

The recovery is painfully slow, and many families who lost their loved ones continue to live in traumatic conditions.

Over the past two years, working with CARE Nepal and the Southasia Institute of Advanced