One week after Nepal debris flow, search remains difficult; over 1,100 dead, 4,400 missing

[Bidur (Central Nepal) Current Affairs] Many of Nepal's disaster victims who barely survived the debris flow disaster are taking shelter in temporary evacuation centers. However, after losing their homes and property, they are increasingly worried about their future. Two days and a week after the disaster, rescue and search operations continue in the affected areas.

More than 1,100 dead, 4,400 missing; debris flow continues for a week, search difficult - Nepal, China

"I can't go back to my hometown. If I ever go back, it will be when I die." Yang Chen, 69, a housewife from Rasuwa district in the central region, which was hit hard, said this with tears in her eyes. He lost three of his relatives, including his 26-year-old daughter-in-law, in the debris flow, and his home was also washed away.

On the 2nd, he was transported by helicopter from a temporary evacuation center in Rasuwa district to a military camp in Bidur, Nuwakot district in the central region. She and her husband (80) have chronic illnesses, and the reason is to receive medicine. "I can't buy medicine because I don't have money. There's nothing left." She laments that the evacuation center only serves meager meals and there is no electricity or radio waves.

“How many more days do I have to stay here?” Buddha Lal Thanan, 30, looked tired at the school in Bidur, which has been used as an evacuation center. The driver of a three-wheeled taxi known as a ``tuk-tuk'' said with anxiety, ``There are no roads anymore. I don't know how I will survive from now on.''

Heavy machinery is being operated in the disaster-stricken areas to remove earth and sand and restore roads. However, hundreds of people are believed to still be trapped inside the hydroelectric power plant tunnel along the Trishuli River near the Chinese border, and rescue efforts continue. Nirmal Dahal, 49, an engineer involved in the work, said, ``Big rocks are blocking the entrance.We don't have enough manpower or excavators.''