The death toll from last week’s massive earthquake in Nepal has surpassed 7,802, Nepal’s National Emergency Operation Centre said Saturday. In total, 7,802people, including at least 54 foreigners, have died from the magnitude-7.8 earthquake, the agency said. At least 16,432 others were injured.
Police in Bardiya today have rescued five women from Kalika VDC-8 in Bardiya district. They were lured into a job in India and were being trafficked. A team of women police on petrol rescued Bimala Budha, 21 from Bageshowri-9, Richa Sunar, 19, from Shumshergunj-7, Alisma Kumari, 17, from Kohalpur Municipality-10 and Bimala BK, 17, from the same locality and Bimal Kumari from Mahadevpuri-10 of the district. Teenager pulled alive from Nepal rubble after five days: ‘It’s a miracle’ The startling new numbers came hours after a U.N. official said that customs inspections at Kathmandu airport are holding up vital relief supplies for survivors in Nepal.
