The government has declared two out of the 40 apartment buildings in Kathmandu untenantable after completing a Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Assessment of all the inhabited high-rises in the valley.

The Park View Horizon at Dhapasi and Oriental Apartment Phase II at Kuleshwor are unsafe for immediate use have been given red stickers, the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) said.

Likewise, 31 apartment buildings have got yellow stickers which means they can be used after appropriate repairs. Seven high-rises have been awarded green stickers which means they are safe to live in.

The April 25 Great Earthquake and continuous aftershocks have severely impacted high-rise buildings across the Kathmandu valley.

“We have categorized the buildings based on the rapid assessment. There is a need to conduct in-depth studies of buildings receiving red and yellow stickers,” said Sagar Krishna Joshi, divisional engineer at the DUDBC, adding people living around buildings receiving red stickers had been demanding that they be pulled down right away, but that it did not necessarily mean that they should be razed. “A red sticker means that a building is unsafe for immediate use only.”

While most engineers and property developers maintain that there has been no significant structural harm to high-rise buildings from the earthquake and that the damage is mostly “cosmetic damage”, geologists say that the buildings sustained cracks in their walls due to lack of an in-depth study of the soil where they have been erected.

Apartments, Housing and Shopping Malls
NAME <-----------------------------------------------------> Status
Park View Horizon, Basundhara------------ Red
Oriental Apartment Phase II, Kuleshwor--Red
Cityscape Club House, Hattiban-------------Yellow
Cityscape Block B, Hattiban----------------- Yellow
Prestige Apartment, Chandol-----------------Yellow
Central Park Apartment, Bishal Nagar-----Yellow
Grande Apartment, Dhumbarahi--------------Yellow
Grande Towers, Tokha----------------------------Yellow
LP Apartment, Lazimpat-------------------------Yellow
KL Apartment, Sano Gaucharan--------------Yellow
Binayak Apartment, Baluwatar----------------Yellow
Sun Rise Apartment, Nakhkhu----------------Yellow
Imperial Apartment, Sanepa--------------------Yellow
City View Apartment, Bakhudol---------------Yellow
Mercury Sterling Apartment,Thado Dhunga---Yellow
Sun Rise Apartment, Dhobighat----------------Yellow
Kalash Apartment, Tahachal--------------------Yellow
Metro Apartment, Kuleshwor-------------------Yellow
Oriental Apartment Phase I, Kuleshwor----Yellow
TCH Tower Phase IV, Sitapaila----------------Yellow
TCH Tower Phase III, Pani Pokhari----------Yellow
Retreat Apartment, Bijeshwori----------------Yellow
Sun City Apartment, Gothatar----------------Yellow
Ambe Residence, Chabahil-------------------Yellow
Downtown Apartment, Dhapakhel-----------Yellow
Silver City Apartment, Kalikasthan---------Yellow
Signature Apartment I, Teku------------------Yellow
Signature Apartment II, Teku------------------Yellow
Civil Apartment II, Dhapakhel-----------------Yellow
Guna Colony, Sina Mangal--------------------Yellow
LLP Apartment, Pani Pokhari----------------Yellow
Vibor Apartment, Kamal Pokhari-----------Yellow
Westar Apartment, Balkumari---------------Yellow
TCH Phase II, Thaiba---------------------------Green
Southern Height Apartment, Thaiba ------Green
Dhumbarahi Apartment, Dhumbarahi -----Green
TCH Tower, Lazimpat----------------------------Green
Bhat Bhateni Apartment, Bhat Bhateni----Green
Indreni Apartment, Bhat Bhateni------------ Green
Egrace Apartment, Naxal-----------------------Green

source: the kathmandu post, 4 june 2015