• Manoj Bakhunchhe Shrestha
• Dr. Krishna Kumar Tamang
• Tulshi Laxmi Suwal
• Anjay Mishra

The Barpak, Gorkha, Nepal 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 25th April 2015 was a catastrophic, with an epicenter of Barpak village, approximately 80 km to the northwest of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. A series of aftershocks began immediately after the mainshock, at intervals of 15–20 minutes, which had the subsequent effects on myriad of seemingly related disasters: triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest and Langtang valley, landslides on different part of the country which further result in loss of human lives and physical infrastructures. Among the 14 severely affected districts in Nepal, the earthquake's effects were amplified in Bhaktapur district, mainly around the Bhaktapur Municipality area due to compact Newar settlements of improperly maintained brick mud mortar buildings. 45.44% of the total numbers of houses, i.e 17,698 were damaged in which 36.62% and 11.82% were the completely and partially damaged respectively in Bhaktapur Municipality. It was also recorded that the total number of deaths in municipality were 252 and 357 were severely injured. Similarly, among 860 historical monuments, the total damaged monuments were 116 which also includes the centuries-old buildings of UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Bhaktapur Durbar Square. Of them, 67 were completely damaged while 49 suffered from partial damages. This research was done to assess the people’s perception and effectiveness of the security forces involvement in rescue and relief operation carried out post earthquake in Bhaktapur Municipality. For this study, the primary information’s were collected through Focus Group Discussions comprising respondents of the affected area and the security personnel from the Nepal Police and Armed Police Force. Key Informant Interview was also conducted with Municipality staffs and Security personnel. Several published books and conference papers were referred for the secondary data. Security forces were highly appreciated for their immediate prompt actions and laudable works during a devastating period which gave the rays of hope for survival to locals. Their continuous devotion to the tasks rescued a notable number of lives in need. Despite the fact that lack of advanced equipments and skilled rescue workers were affecting the assigned jobs, however the coordination among the security forces with local authorities; especially the affected people had made the operation steady.

: Ancient, Earthquake, Debris Management, Disaster Equipment, Response, Rescue, Security Forces

"Perception Regarding Security Forces Involvement in Post Gorkha Earthquake Scenario 2015, Nepal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 10, page no.23-31, October-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1710003.pdf

"Perception Regarding Security Forces Involvement in Post Gorkha Earthquake Scenario 2015, Nepal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 10, page no. pp23-31, October-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1710003.pdf