Earthquake-hit Nepal death toll
has reached around 4,000, at least 7,180 people were seriously injured and the
death toll is expected to touch 5,000. The quake-hit area has been facing
crisis of food, water, electricity and medicines. Massive rescue operations and
relief efforts are taking place.
Leela Mani Paudel, Nepal's top
bureaucrat in a press conference stated that, "We urge foreign countries
to give us special relief materials and medical teams. We are really desperate
for more foreign expertise to pull through this crisis. We are appealing for
tents, dry goods, blankets, mattresses, and 80 different medicines that we
desperately need now."
Still hundreds of people are trapped
under tonnes of wreckage and a National Disaster helpline no 1078 has been launched
to help people and conduct rescue operations. RK Jain, NDMA Member-Secretary at
a press conference stated that, "Anybody can use this number by dialing
011-1078 and whatever request we get will be shared with agencies concerned
involved in the operation."
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