After almost two years of bearing heavy loss of lives and property in the devastating earthquake of 2015, a book titled ‘The Gorkha Earthquake-2015’ was officially launched in the Capital on Friday. The book has been dedicated to the deceased and the fortunate survivors.

The book is a Photographic Atlas dwelling upon 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 Deepak Chamlagain, Assistant Professor at Department of Geology, Tri-Chadra Campus and Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi, photographer with Kantipur Media Group have decided to donate the amount 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”