‘No chance’ of finding landslide victims
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THERE is no chance of finding any of the more than 150 people believed to have been buried by a massive landslide in northern Nepal, an official said yesterday, as rescuers struggled to dig through piles of rock, mud and trees.
Only eight bodies have been recovered since the landslide early Saturday blocked a mountain river, causing the water to form a lake threatening to burst and sweep through several villages. Fresh rainfall yesterday hampered search attempts.
“We have no chance of finding any of the missing people alive under this pile of debris,” said Yadav Prasad Koirala, who heads the government’s natural disaster management department. “We have names of 159 people who are believed to be missing and buried, but there could be even more people.”
Koirala said it was even difficult for bulldozers and heavy equipment to move the debris that crushed dozens of houses in the village of Mankha, about 120 kilometers east of Katmandu, Nepal’s capital.
A Mankha resident among the dozens injured said he feared his entire village had been wiped out.
“There are nearly 100 people in the 60 houses in my village and 20 more people in the neighboring village who were buried by the landslide. All of them are likely dead,” Durga Lal Shrestha said.
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