Nepal earthquake toll could reach 10,000, says PM Sushil Koirala

Mangalore Today News Network

Nepal, Apr 28, 2015: The death toll in Nepal`s earthquake could reach 10,000, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala told a news agency, admitting that it was challenging time for his country. "The government is doing all it can for rescue and relief on a war footing," Koirala said in an interview. "It is a challenge and a very difficult hour for Nepal."

 

 

India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweets that his country sent more materials for rescue and relief efforts to Nepal today.

Around 200 people have been rescued from the Mount Everest, Nepal`s Tourism Ministry said on Tuesday and added that 19 people are dead.

India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on Twitter, said that the National Disaster Response Force has rescued 11 individuals, recovered 67 dead bodies and evacuated more than 1,000 people in Nepal.

Hundreds of Nepalis, angered and frustrated by the government`s slow response, were digging through rubble themselves today to find remains of their loved ones.
   
Eighteen trucks with relief material sent by the Uttar Pradesh government reach Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. Out of 18, 10 trucks are carrying food, seven have mineral water and one has medicines. A team of doctors has also reached Kathmandu, says a UP government official.
   
Officials of the Nepalese Consulate in Kolkata have not been able to get in touch with their families back home since Saturday, when the massive earthquake jolted the Himalayan country and killed over 4,000 people. Nepal’s Consul General in Kolkata Chandra Kumar Ghimire said communications lines to the Himalayan Country are in disarray due to the earthquake.
   
India is all set to evacuate more of its citizens from Nepal.

 

Courtesy: Zeenews