It's so scary that old towns of Nepal still has close knit houses like and no field to run to. I don't know about goverment but communities need to start doing some earthquake drills. In a country like our possibility where possiblity of earthquake is so high, ideal situation would be tat every new construction should be required to adopt measures for earthquake resistancy and old building should be revisited. But then comes the question of cost. Maybe governmnet should give some insentive for businesses and public to build earthquake resitant buildings.