Shared immediate ideas for habitat reconstruction based on reconnaissance visits to tsunami-hit areas of South India.
Binoy Acharya and Vivek Rawal made reconnaissance visits to tsunami-hit areas in South India from December 28, 2004 to January 1, 2005, and again from January 10 to January 20, 2005, travelling to Trivandrum, Kollam, Kanniyakumari, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Pondicherry and Chennai to visit some of the damaged villages.
Read here the immediate ideas for reconstruction, based on dialogue with the surviving communities.
Led the housing damage and needs assessment of a joint recovery assessment after the 2025 earthquake in Eastern Afghanistan.
Evaluated the Mozambique Recovery Facility, the multi-partner programme established after Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, assessing its effectiveness, sustainability, institutional arrangements and recovery outcomes.
Prepared design options and technical guidelines for wooden-bamboo transitional shelters after the 2025 Sagaing earthquake in Myanmar.