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All preparations for National Earthquake Safety Day complete



KATHMANDU: The 23rd National Earthquake Safety Day is going to be observed at the premises of historical and religious Kumari temple at Bode of Madhyapurthimi municipality in the district this year.

The Day is going to be observed on January 15 under the slogan ‘Earthquake safety, protection of lives of people in public cooperation’, said Coordinator of Earthquake Safety Day Publicity Sub-Committee and officiating Director General of Department of Urban Development and Building Construction, Padam Kumar Mainali.

Coordinator of Earthquake Safety Day Management Committee Sub-Committee and Mayor Madan Sundar Shrestha said that all preparations of the program to be organized at Thimi have been completed.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been invited as the chief guest of the program, and he is scheduled to inaugurate ‘Earthquake Safety Digital Expo’. Coordinator of Main Organizing Committee and Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa would chair the program.

Mayor Shrestha said, “The municipality has completed all preparations of the program. Security arrangement will be made strong.”

Publish Date : 14 January 2021 14:46 PM

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