Nepal to supply relief materials to quake-hit areas

STORY: Nepal to supply relief materials to quake-hit areas SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:34 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of quake-hit areas STORYLINE: The Nepali government decided on Sunday to distribute food and other relief materials to areas hit by a strong earthquake. A cabinet meeting also decided to provide free treatment to the injured. The distribution of relief materials, including food and tents, will start from Sunday, and the government will bear all the cost of the treatment, said Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet. "The government will leave no stone unturned for the support," he told the media. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Jajarkot and Rukum West districts in western Nepal on Friday night, leaving 157 dead and 170 others injured so far, according to Nepal Police. There was a discussion about providing 300,000 Nepali rupees (about 2,250 U.S. dollars) to each family losing lives in the quake, but no de

Teenage survivor of Nepal quake stares at uncertain future

Teenage survivor of Nepal quake stares at uncertain future

Pemba Tamang, 15, who was pulled out alive from the rubble of the hotel he worked in on April 30, 2015, five days after Nepal was struck by a devastating earthquake, poses at a restaurant in Kathmandu with his savior Laxman Bahadur Basnet, a Nepalese Armed Police Force inspector, on May 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Teenage survivor of Nepal quake stares at uncertain future

Teenage survivor of Nepal quake stares at uncertain future

Pemba Tamang, 15, who was pulled out alive from the rubble of the hotel he worked in on April 30, 2015, five days after Nepal was struck by a devastating earthquake, poses at a restaurant in Kathmandu with his savior Laxman Bahadur Basnet, a Nepalese Armed Police Force inspector, on May 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo