Few signs of reconstruction in Nepal one year after quakes

Few signs of reconstruction in Nepal one year after quakes

A woman rests on April 20, 2016, after carrying firewood to her temporary shelter in Barpak village in western Nepal's Gorkha district, the epicenter of a deadly quake that struck on April 25, 2015. The magnitude 7.8 quake destroyed or damaged 98% of the village's 1,447 houses, turning the village into a shantytown of tin shelters. Reconstruction grants pledged by the government have yet to reach the village. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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