Community vigilance for disaster management in Kirtipur Shree Kumar Maharjan
Disaster is unexpected and unaware abnormalities seen in human being and their livelihood and in environment as well due to natural and man made activities. Nepal, lying in between Tibetan tectonic plate and Indian tectonic plate, is one of the severe hazards zones for disaster. There were different disasters seen every year in Nepalese context. Every person faces different forms of disasters in his/her daily life style. Once occurring disaster creates severe impact in his/her life. That’s why, it is better to prevent and mitigate disaster before occurrence. History shows occurrence of Mega disaster episode in every 75 years on an average on the basis of seismic record. Different studies and researches on disaster assumed that such possibility of happening huge devastating disaster in near future at any time and any place. Human even can not ascertain its center. As we know that, we can not prevent and stop disaster from its occurrence. It is out of human control. According to differen...