Worst-hit areas slowly getting relief
552015-Dak-Tue-03.qxd 5/5/2015 12:44 AM Page 1 CMYK PAGE 2 www.thehimalayantimes.com THE HIMALAYAN TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015 TREMOR TRAIL Country in bid to pick up pieces after quake 2 3 1 4 8 7 6 5 Photos: THT/ RSS/ AP 1) Swoyambhunath Stupa is seen next to debris of a collapsed structure in Kathmandu. 2) Devotees lighting incense sticks at Boudhanath Stupa to mark Buddha Jayanti in Kathmandu. 3) An elderly woman undergoing medical check-up at Harisiddhi, Lalitpur. 4) Security personnel scattering sodium hydrochlorite in Harisiddhi, Lalitpur. 5) Pregnant women receiving medical care at a field hospital set up by an Israeli medical team on the premises of Army Hospital in Chhauni. 6) Locals buying vegetables in Ason. 7) Khil Bahadur Ghale, 25, and Bishma Punj, 24, performing rituals during their wedding ceremony at a temple in Kathmandu.The couple decided to go ahead with the wedding despite the recent earthquake that struck the country last week. 8) A child getting vaccination in Lapsiphedi, near Kathmandu, as part of a campaign to immunise half a million children against measles and rubella in the wake of the earthquake. Concern is growing that with so many people made homeless there is the potential for an outbreak of the potentially fatal diseases. Worst-hit areas slowly getting relief Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, May 4 More than 100 families of Jhangajhiti in Chandragiri Municipality, on the south of Kathmandu, were displaced after a massive earthquake rocked the country on April 25. Jhangajhiti is one of the hardest hit areas of the municipality, where majority of the residents belong to the Tamang community. Two children of the same family aged two and four died after they were buried under the debris of their own house. One person is said to be missing and various others are injured. Saraswati Bharati, joint ward secretary of ward number 1 and 2 of the municipality, informed that the remote area did not received any kind of relief material in the initial days of crisis. “The area consists of financially disadvantaged people and when the crisis hit, we didn’t have access to any relief aid — neither food nor shelter. We had to spend the night out in the open,” she said. Although few organisations provided some relief materials, the locals complained that wasn’t enough. “How will we manage in the long run if they (government officials) turn deaf ears to our crisis?” they wondered. One week after the disaster, Health Research and Social Development Forum has successfully completed a relief operation at wards 5 and 9. On May 2, each household was provided with five kg rice, one kg lentil, one packet salt, five packets of instant noodles, two kg of beaten rice, two packets of biscuits, three wafers, one bottle mineral water, half liter soybean oil and one bottle water purifier (piyush). Mattresses were also provided to the needy. HERD is also planning a follow-up visit to assess if any further relief assistance is required. It is also exploring the worst-hit bordering areas of the Kathmandu Valley where there is need of relief assistance. “Along with relief operations following the earthquake, we are planning Reuters rebuilding efforts,” Sushil Chandra Baral, Executive Director of A child carrying food and water as other earthquake victims stand in line for collecting relief materials in Kathmandu on Monday. HERD, said. DoA intensifies listing of damaged artefacts IMPORTANT NUMBERS Office Phone No. Police Control Room 100 Traffic Police Control Room 103 Rastriya Samachar Samiti Kathmandu, May 4 Fire Fighters 101 Child Missing 104 The Department of Archaeology has intensified listing of artefacts damaged by the magnitude7.8 earthquake that shook the country on April 25. The task of preparing the inventory of the damage caused to the archaeological heritages at Hanumandhoka of Kathmandu, Patan, Bhaktapur and Manakamana of Gorkha and Nuwakot, Kavre and Ramechhap has been expedited, the department stated. The archaeological sites at about 50 places have been completely damaged and while 200 sites have been partially damaged, said Ram Bahadur Kunwar, Spokesperson for the Department of Archaeology. According to him, heavy damage has been caused to artefacts at Hanumandhoka in Kathmandu and Changunarayan and Bhaktapur. However, compared to other places, the damage is less in Pashupati area. An action plan will be prepared based on the inventory of the damage, he said. Meanwhile, the department has mobilised an assessment team to the Jagat Narayan Temple in Kathmandu which has also been damaged, Bhesh Narayan Dahal, Director General of the Department of Archaeology, said. Nepal Red Cross Society, Teku 4270650 Nepal Electricity Authority 4153052 Emergency Police Service 4228435 Blood Bank, Pradarshani Marg 4225344 Hearse (Shav Vahan) 6612266 Teaching Hospital 4412404 Norvic Hospital 4258554 Tilganga Hospital 4423684 Bir Hospital 4223807 Kanti Children Hospital 4411134 Army Hospital 4271940 Police Hospital 4412430 Crime Information 4412748 Patan Hospital 5522295 Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital 6611532 Bhaktapur Red Cross 6612266 Star Hospital, Sanepa 5550197 Traffic Jam Information (SMS) JAM 4321 Grande International Hospital 4380223 Chirayu National Hospital 4382382
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