Figure 2: Classification of carved members

 April 26, 2015

Time Events

10:00 AM Most of the volunteer arrived in Kathmandu Durbar Square and seal the Durbar Square for vehicle.

Everyone was separating wooden structure and placing the structure separately for separate structure and also taking out the bodies

12:54 PM A major aftershock of magnitude 6.9 Mw hit Nepal.

6:00 PM Local people took out their sleeping/mats from their homes and place them on Basantapur chowk because of the fear of series of aftershock

 April 27, 2015 – April 30, 2015 o Volunteer and rescue team finished removing bodies out of from the rubbles of collapsed monuments and the work still continues of separating wood and brick. o The bricks and timber inscription from collapsed monuments were arranged at the same place where the monument are or used to stand. The timber structure with detail deities’ sculpture were kept inside the Lohan Chowk. o Members were directly laid on the ground or on porch floors and covered with vinyl sheets without any cushioning between members. (National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, 2016)

Figure 2: Classification of carved members

o  May 1, 2015, May 12, 2015 o Rope was used to prevent people from getting near to the fragile structure which had high chance of getting collapsed and used raking shore and fly shoring were used to prevent the heritage building and residential building at the alley respectively. o People started to live inside their home and left the Basantapur chowk.