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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   Cut off from all sides, villagers at quake epicentre face   
   slow death   
      
   By Deeptiman Tiwary, TNN   
   The Times of India   
   Thursday, April 30, 2015   
      
   [Caption] Bimala cries upon learning the death of her   
   husband Udas whose body was recovered from collapsed   
   building by rescue workers on the fifth day after the   
   earthquake hit Nepal in Kathmandu. (Reuters Photo)   
      
   Gurkha; Barpak: Villagers are dying a slow death in many   
   parts of Barpak and Gurkha regions -- the quake's   
   epicenter -- which are completely cut off. Quake-induced   
   landslides have wiped out long stretches of roads and   
   most villages have no space to land choppers.   
      
   In these villages, there is no rescue, only relief   
   effort. Indian Air Force choppers hover over the   
   villages, dropping food, tents and blankets as rescue   
   work is impossible without helipads or roads.   
      
   On Wednesday an IAF chopper made sorties over a village   
   in Barpak -- its 100-odd houses completely flattened by   
   the quake. Several attempts were made to land as   
   villagers looked up in desperate expectation, but the   
   chopper simply could not land. It finally just dropped   
   supplies and flew off.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Cut-off-from   
   all-sides-villagers-at-quake-epicentre-face-slow-death/articleshow/47102520.cms   
      
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