Surkhet, Feb. 14 -- A detailed damage survey process to assess the full extent of quake damage and destruction has finally started-nearly 15 months after the Jajarkot earthquake.

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake, with its epicentre at Lamidanda of Barekot Rural Municipality, had wreaked havoc in Jajarkot, Rukum West and Salyan districts on November 3, 2023. As per the data available at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), around 76,000 private houses and around 600 community buildings were destroyed. The federal government has allocated Rs21 billion for the reconstruction.

On February 3, the authority signed an agreement with the Centre for Disaster Management Studies, and the Tribhuvan University's Institut...