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Crowded Kathmandu’s few remaining open spaces are being steadily encroached upon

On Wednesday morning, Kathmandu woke up to a rude reminder of just how vulnerable the city remains to earthquakes. Two back-to-back earthquakes of magnitudes 5.2 and 4.3 shook Kathmandu within a span of 11 minutes, a day before the fourth anniversary of the April 2015 earthquakes, serving as a reminder—and a warning—of lessons unlearned. Crowded Kathmandu’s few remaining open spaces are being steadily encroached upon
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Anup Ojha
Published at : April 26, 2019
Updated at : April 26, 2019 13:37
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Anup Ojha

Anup Ojha is a reporter for The Kathmandu Post primarily covering social issues, crime, and human interest stories since 2011. Before moving to the social beat, Ojha covered arts and culture for the Post for four years.


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