QUAKE-NEPAL/SURVIVORS-AID Survivors of Nepal earthquake await relief, as India's aid begins to filter in
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QUAKE-NEPAL/SURVIVORS-AID Survivors of Nepal earthquake await relief, as India's aid begins to filter in
- Title: QUAKE-NEPAL/SURVIVORS-AID Survivors of Nepal earthquake await relief, as India's aid begins to filter in
- Date: 28th April 2015
- Summary: KATHMANDU, NEPAL (APRIL 28, 2015) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI) VARIOUS OF TRUCKS CARRYING RELIEF MATERIAL DRIVING DOWN ROAD VARIOUS OF A STATIONARY TRUCK CARRYING RELIEF MATERIAL (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) AN OFFICIAL OF INDIA'S NORTHERN UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT SAYING: "Medicines, ambulances and doctors teams have also been sent in. Besides that, 100 roadways buses have also reached here to enable trapped Indians that are here to leave for Lucknow or their respective states. We will carry them until Gorakhpur. From there, they can further go on to their destination via flight et cetera." TRUCK DRIVING DOWN BUSY ROAD VARIOUS OF RUBBLE FROM COLLAPSED HOUSES A MAN WALKING AMIDST RUBBLE ON A DESERTED STREET NEPALESE ARMY OFFICIALS AT A RELIEF CAMP ARMY OFFICIALS CARRYING RELIEF MATERIAL ARMY OFFICIALS PUTTING UP A TENT VARIOUS OF A CHILD TALKING (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANOTHER RESIDENT, BHAWANI RANJEET, SAYING: "We are not getting medicine or some rescue and support. So even in the open space we are living here, it is very terrible situation. We are getting trouble here." AN ARMY OFFICIAL PROVIDING FIRST AID TO A MAN ARMY OFFICIALS GIVING MEDICINES TO SURVIVORS MEDICINES ON TABLE ARMY OFFICIAL CHEWING ARMY OFFICIALS ATTENDING TO SURVIVORS
- Embargoed: 19th May 2015 12:16
- Keywords:
- Location: Nepal
- Country: Nepal
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA8VHPY5JFY79B9W6A6GXET1E06
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3
The government of India's northern Uttar Pradesh state sent 18 trucks carrying relief material to quake-ravaged Nepal on Tuesday (April 28).
Relief material, including food packets, water bottles and first-aid, were rushed into to the neighbouring country, reeling from its worst ever quake in eight decades.
"Medicines, ambulances and doctors teams have also been sent in. Besides that, 100 roadways buses have also reached here to enable trapped Indians that are here to leave for Lucknow or their respective states. We will carry them until Gorakhpur. From there, they can further go on to their destination via flight et cetera," said an official of India's Norther Uttar Pradesh Government.
International aid has finally begun arriving in the Himalayan nation of 28 million people, three days after Saturday's 7.9 magnitude quake, but disbursement is slow.
A crush at the main international airport, where relief material and rescue teams are flying in while thousands of residents are trying to leave, has also slowed the flow of aid.
"We are not getting medicine or some rescue and support. So even in the open space we are living here, it is very terrible situation. We are getting trouble here," said one survivor, Bhawani Ranjeet.
According to the home (interior) ministry, the confirmed death toll stands at 4,349, with more than 7,000 injured. The country's prime minister said it could reach 10,000.
Many people across Nepal had slept in the open for a third night, their homes either flattened or threatened by tremors that spread more fear among a traumatised population.
In Kathmandu, as elsewhere, thousands are sleeping on pavements, roads and in parks, many under makeshift tents.
Residents frustrated by the government's slow response continued to use their bare hands to dig for signs of their loved ones.
Hospitals are full to overflowing, while water, food and power are scarce, raising fears of waterborne diseases. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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