between 20,000 16,000 killed, and a lot of buildings on that occasion collapse, and when investigators looked, they found they had not been billed to correct regulations, the correct building standards. they decided they were going to do something about this, and the first thing was to prosecute a lot of the builders, but hardly any of the prosecution succeeded. there were a lot of arguments that authorities had ignored building regulations, and that is why buildings collapsed so fast. there were promises that buildings would be retrofitted to make them more earthquake proof, but i don t think there has been much sign of that. just i don t think there has been much sign of that- i don t think there has been much sign of that. just as i am speaking to ou, sign of that. just as i am speaking to you. we sign of that. just as i am speaking to you. we are sign of that. just as i am speaking to you, we are hearing, sign of that. just as i am speaking to you, we are hearing, we - sig
“While promoting bamboo as earthquake-proof building material, bamboo varieties suitable for construction need to be available abundantly. Therefore, there is the need for mass-scale bamboo plantation in the region.”