Posted by: Geology Tiger November 6, 2008
Buy House in Kathmandu Valley
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help me22 bro,

I will really try to help you. I also got your mail. But I think it will be better if I write this in public. I suggested to use Environmental and Engineering Geological Map of the Kathmandu Valley before buying a piece of land or buildings. But that geological map only is not sufficient tool. However, it will give you rough idea about the risk of hazard in particular area. But there are several things besides that, for eg. what type of foundation has been used for the house, how deep inside the foundation has been made, what is the ratio between the height and the width of the house, if house has only two rooms in one flat and house itself is five storey tall then definitely it has risk of failure. So If you are investing huge amount of money then it will be better to do satability analysis of the building before buying. I will try to find out the risk of hazard in the area that you have mentioned in the mail. I really can't upload the map I have with me right now because its too big and more over difficult to read. But here is the link of the map which I have been talking over here. At the bottom right side of the map you will see another piece of the map that is showing risk of the hazard.  The red color means the highest risk and the green means the lowest rist. But I am sure that you will be not able to read this.

http://www.drrgon.gov.np/images/geomap1large.jpg

 

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