1 year after the earthquake disaster, how is Nepal now?

(Baonghean.vn) - One year after the worst earthquake in Nepal's history on April 25, 2015, the Himalayan country remembers the 9,000 victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and the aftershocks that followed 17 days later.

People still have to live in temporary housing.

Of the 181 foreigners who died or went missing, 63 were in Langtang - the area worst affected by the earthquake.

Kartok Lama, a local resident, said people commemorated the earthquake according to the Tibetan calendar. They had to pray in their huts because their monasteries and temples were all destroyed.

The scene was almost back to the way it was before the earthquake.

The villagers have all returned, and they are building houses and hotels to welcome tourists again.

The Langtang memorial service will take place after a national memorial service on the exact date of the earthquake one year ago in Nepal, at the former site of the Dharahara tower.

There will be a candle-lighting ceremony at night, but it will not be elaborate because one in seven Nepalis still live in temporary housing or shelters.

This place before the earthquake was a temple on Bashantapur Durbar Square.

For many Nepalis, the past year has been a year of loss, due to disagreements over a new constitution, India's border blockade and mishandling of $4.1 billion in US foreign aid.

Tourism, which accounts for 9% of GDP, has plummeted. It has taken a long time for climbers to return, and the number of people granted permits to climb Everest has dropped significantly compared to last year.

After an avalanche killed 18 people following an earthquake, people are rethinking spending $50,000 or more to climb the roof of the world.

Thanh Hien

(According to Reuters)