Post-Earthquake Resurrection: Jurisprudential Diagnosis from the Standpoint of the Earthquake Victims

Abstract

Natural disaster is an ongoing phenomenon and among many, the earthquake is one. Nepal holds 11^th position in the world as an earthquake prone country because of its geological formations. This paper endeavours to analyse the ongoing reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts taken by Nepal Government after the massive earthquake of 2015. The quest of Building Back Better (BBB) under the resurrection schemes for families, whose houses have been collapsed and challenges are encountered per se, following the statutory enactment and underlying opportunity and threats have been diagnosed in this paper. This study is based upon the field research done in course of conducting 90 different Community Mobile Legal Clinics (CMLCs) in the house of the earthquake victims in three most crisis hit districts i.e. Sindhupalchwok, Gorkha and Bhaktapur, where these clinics were designed to meet triad objectives of legal awareness, consultations and legal aids. The study further attempts to reflect the functions of National Reconstruction Authority for excelling the pace of reconstruction.