article_snippet.sent: Denis McClean, spokesman for the U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, told CNN that weak building codes in Nepal contributed to the amount of structural damage.
article_snippet.sent: Building codes in Kathmandu have not been well upheld in recent years," he said.
article_snippet.sent: Efforts have been made over the last few years to strengthen Building codes in Kathmandu itself but, unfortunately, this comes too late for the many thousands of buildings that have gone up across the Kathmandu Valley over the last 20 years that did not adhere to Building codes in Kathmandu itself.
article_snippet.sent: -IBN reporter K. Dhiksit looked out IBN reporter K. Dhiksit window in Kathmandu and saw the collapsed walls of many buildings.