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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Nepal Earth Quake May 25, Saturday


        

April 25, 2015 (Baishak 12, 2072) was the date when Nepal was hit by the 7.8 Magnitude earthquake in board day around 11:55 AM (Nepal Standard Time), it’s center paint was in Gorkha with depth of only 11 KM beneath earth surface. This earthquake have totally destroyed capital Kathmandu and other villages in Gorkha, Lamjung, Chitwan, the tremors (aftershocks) were felt about 40-50 times in past 3 days form April 25 to 28, aftershocks were so strong that people fear they were main hits. Those people who have survived have abandoned their houses and are living in  ground under open sky. Nepal government have arranged foods and blankets to the people but, they are not enough. Recently, in Kathmandu people had been demanding for water to drink, as there is no clean water for people there to drink in their temporary shelters. We have even hard that, shopkeepers have been selling food items in double prices than in usual, ‘police will take action if sellers found doing so’ was what response came from the government representatives after complains by people.

More then 8,635 people been killed and thousands are injured and became homeless.

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