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THE HIMALAYAN TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015
TREMOR TRAIL
Country in bid to pick up pieces after quake
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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
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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.
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Nepal Electricity Authority
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Emergency Police Service
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Blood Bank, Pradarshani Marg
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Hearse (Shav Vahan)
6612266
Teaching Hospital
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Norvic Hospital
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Tilganga Hospital
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Bir Hospital
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Kanti Children Hospital
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Army Hospital
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Police Hospital
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Crime Information
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Patan Hospital
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Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital
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Bhaktapur Red Cross
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Star Hospital, Sanepa
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Traffic Jam Information (SMS)
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Grande International Hospital
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Chirayu National Hospital
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