Aid finally reaching stranded Nepalese
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Nepalese authorities said yesterday that a vast army of emergency workers was finally managing to deliver aid to stranded survivors of an earthquake as the death toll from the disaster rose to 7,557.
The government said that more than 131,500 Nepalese military and police personnel were now taking part in the massive aid operation in the Himalayan nation, aided by more than 100 teams of foreign relief workers.
While the government has acknowledged being overwhelmed by the April 25 disaster and there have been complaints of delays to the relief effort, the home ministry indicated the situation was being brought under control.
“The situation in the country is gradually becoming normal because relief items have already reached crucial, hard hit areas,” home ministry spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said. “Everybody is trying to return to their normal lives and all our government machinery is working to make sure that all relief is provided for as long as people want and need. We are trying our best.”
His comments came after the National Emergency Operation Center said the total number of dead had now reached 7,557 while 14,536 were injured in the 7.8-magnitude quake, Nepal’s deadliest in over 80 years.
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