Some 4,355 people were already confirmed dead and 8,065 other injured, while hundreds were still missing across the Himalayan country following Saturday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake, according to the Home Ministry.
Koirala's media advisor Prakash Adhikari told reporters that Nepal was seeking more and quicker international aid to provide both immediate assistance to the quake victims and to rebuild the economy.
Source:Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
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Nepal declares three days of mourning over earthquake...
ReplyDeleteNepal's prime minister has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of Saturday's devastating earthquake which has left at least 4,700 people dead.
Rescue operations continued on Tuesday, with helicopters ferrying the injured and delivering emergency supplies to remote villages near the epicentre.
PM Sushil Koirala also thanked donors in a televised address to the nation.
He had earlier warned that the number of people killed in the country's worst earthquake in decades could reach 10,000.
With the UN estimating eight million people have been hit by the disaster, Koirala said getting help to some of the worst affected areas was a "major challenge".
He said authorities were overwhelmed by appeals for help from remote Himalayan villages left devastated by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake....aljazeera.com
28/4/15