Kathmandu: According to media reports death toll reached to 5 thousand 500 after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on last Saturday.
Whereas, more than 11 thousand 400 people got wounded in the earthquake.
Flash Appeal Calls From UN
The United Nations today launched a $415 million emergency appeal to provide vital relief to people affected by the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the densely populated Kathmandu Valley in Nepal on Saturday.
The joint action plan aims to support Government efforts in addressing the most critical needs of millions of people in need of shelter, water and sanitation, emergency health, food, and protection for the next three months, after the tremor and many powerful aftershocks destroyed around 70,000 houses and damaged another 530,000 across 39 of Nepal’s 75 districts.
The government has yet to assess the full scale of the damage wrought by Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude quake, unable to reach many mountainous areas despite aid supplies and personnel pouring in from around the world.
Prime Minister Sushil Koirala told media that the death toll could reach 10,000, as information on damage from far-flung villages and towns has yet to come in.
That would surpass the 8,500 who died in a 1934 earthquake, the last disaster on this scale to hit the Himalayan nation.
Pakistan Stands With Nepal
On the other hand, Pakistan Army has set up field hospital in Bhaktapur, the worst affected area in Kathmandu, Nepal after the devastating earthquake.
Pakistan Army’s doctors and special rescue teams have actively been participating in relief activities in earthquake hit Nepal, said Inter-Services Public Relations ISPR in a statement.
Foreign office spokesperson told media that 80 doctors, 80 search members and search teams have sent to Nepal.
The special rescue teams of Pakistan Army are also conducting search and rescue operation in quake-hit areas.
Sun Do Shine
An uninjured four months old child buried in the rubble of his home, rescued and find alive after 22 hours when the devastating earthquake hit Nepal.
His unlikely rescue provides some hope to a country that has experienced so much loss.
Families Are Getting Back
Around 120 British nationals who were in Nepal when the earthquake struck have just arrived back at London’s Stansted airport on a United Kingdom aid flight that had delivered relief supplies to Kathmandu.
The youngest is a four-year-old child.
Cheers and tears as as families of first evacuated arrive home @GMB pic.twitter.com/eamQazFWXh
— Lee Hannon (@LeeITV) April 30, 2015
Many Rescued And Millions Are Still Waiting
In the capital Kathmandu, about 200 people protested outside parliament, asking for more buses to go to their homes in remote parts of the Himalayan nation and to hasten the distribution of aid that has flooded into the country but been slow to reach those in need.
In Sangachowk village in one of the worst-hit districts, about three hours by road from the capital, scores of angry villagers blocked the road with tires. They stopped two trucks headed for the district capital with rice, noodles and biscuits.Later they blocked a convoy of three army trucks with relief supplies, leading to a tense standoff with armed soldiers.
“We have been given no food by the government,” said Udhav Giri, a protester. “Trucks carrying rice go past and don’t stop. The district headquarters is getting all the food.”
The government was struggling to fully assess the devastation wrought by Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude quake. “This is a disaster on an unprecedented scale.
There have been some weaknesses in managing the relief operation,” Nepal’s Communication Minister Minendra Rijal said late on Tuesday.
Mount Everest is Getting Back On Normal Routine
Climbing will resume on Mount Everest by next week despite an earthquake-triggered avalanche that left 18 people dead on the world’s highest peak, a Nepalese government official told media.
Saturday’s avalanche that ripped through base camp also destroyed ladders through the treacherous Khumbu icefall higher up the mountain, raising doubts about the future of this year’s climbing season.
But tourism department chief Tulsi Gautam advised climbers against abandoning their expeditions, saying repairs were under way.
“The ladders will be repaired in the next two to three days and climbing will continue, there is no reason for anyone to quit their expedition,” says Gautam.
Some 800 climbers were on the mountain when the avalanche roared through base camp, leaving 18 people dead and scores injured.
The avalanche was triggered by a massive earthquake that has devastated Nepal and left more than 5,500 people dead.
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