The Nepalese Government is trying its level best to cover the overwhelming disaster from all over the country. Foreign help especially from India is pouring on. However many feel due to poor management many feel the action is quite slow. Tribhuvan International Airport is totally conjested with the heavy increase of foreign planes landing with relief materials. Yesterday an Indian Air force plane had to return back to India due inadequate space in landing.
India presses six more teams of NDRF personnel into its relief and rescue operations in Nepal. With the induction of the new teams on the fourth day of the disaster, the total number of National Disaster Response Force teams in Nepal has gone up to 16 with 10 already engaged in rescue operations there for the last few days. Each NDRF team has about 45 personnel.
Food and water is very limited with people mostly depending on instant noodles. Nepal government says they presently have food just enough for two days.
The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude quake is now 4,356, but Mr Koirala said it could reach 10,000.”Eight million people in 39 districts have been affected, of which over two million people live in the 11 severely affected districts,” said the most recent report from the UN Office of the Resident Co-ordinator in Nepal.
Landslips and periodic bad weather in the remote mountainous region around the epicentre are adding to the challenge for rescue and relief teams.
Gorkha District which is close to the epic center has been affected severely with 90% houses flattened due to the quake.
Lainchour has an open ground just next to a high school. This ground has been home to many people since the quake happened. However very dirty conditions with empty water bottles and paper plates lottired around, chance of an epidemic cannot be ruled out.
