Kathmandu: A Japanese military medical team reaches Kathmandu and attends to quake victims of all ages. With the death toll of last week’s earthquake now surpassing 6,600 people, vital relief supplies are needed for the lucky ones who survived.
An Earthquake destroyed Building in Nepal
But residents in this mountain village say they haven’t received the help they need.
Homes are flattened, nearly 1,200 people died in this area… and villagers say they are desperate.
One Quake Victim says, “We managed to get the children out safely but there is no place to sit in the house. There is no food to eat, and we can’t even ask anyone for food or help because everyone has met the same fate.”
The U.N. says bureaucracy at Kathmandu airport is holding up the aid at customs.
And government officials say the delivery of relief material that does get in isn’t properly going into remote areas because of a shortage of supply trucks and drivers.
Many officials say they have returned to their villages to help their own families.
And many others are still looking for a way to get home.
… and to get away from the capital, Kathmandu, where morgues are operating at full capacity to deal with the overwhelming death toll.
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