Kathmandu, April 25: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has offered her tributes to those who lost their lives in the 2015 earthquake and aftershocks.    

The earthquake known as the Gorkha earthquake with its epicentre at Barpak in the Gorkha district rattled the country on 25 April 2015 killing around 9,000 and injuring thousands of people.    

Stating that despite the quake killed thousands of people and destroyed structures, it failed to topple the tower of national dignity, said the President in a message today, adding, the post-quake reconstruction works initiated by the government through the National Reconstruction Authority has neared its final stage. Today commemorates the sixth anniversary of the Gorkha earthquake.    

Reconstruction of much damaged public and private buildings and houses and temples and monasteries is underway and completion of important heritages like Rani Pokhari, Durbar High School, Dasharath Stadium and Dharahara is praiseworthy, she said.    

She extended her thanks to those civil servants, skilled workers and donor agencies who have worked day and night under the reconstruction campaign.

"We are at high risk of disasters like flooding and landslides gave geographical structure and situation of the country. In view of such sensitivity, we need to build ecology friendly infrastructures and structures to cope with disasters. I want to draw the attention of the concerned authority to construct strong and quake resilient structures in line with the building code and by studying private, public and government structures."