The hilltop farming village of Jyamdi in the eastern hills above the Kathmandu Valley wasn't simply damaged by last weekend's earthquake – many of its hamlets were left without a single house standing.
On Tuesday, its dazed survivors were wandering in the rubble of their former homes, searching for treasured possessions and grieving for the 28 relatives and neighbours crushed to death when their traditional clay houses collapsed.
They had lost everything, their village had been effectively erased but not a single government official had visited them to offer help or gauge their needs, they said.
Jyamdi is just 35 miles from the capital Kathmandu, in Kavrepalanchok district, a two-hour drive, but according to UN officials its neglect reflects an alarming fact about the earthquake and its impact – the scale of human loss and damage to property in Nepal's vast rural hinterland has yet to be fully registered.
Hirayamaya Tamang, 48, lost both her husband and the home they had built together and in which they had raised their four daughters. Two officials had visited her after the earthquake to confirm her husband's death but not to offer any assistance, she said. Full story...
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On Tuesday, its dazed survivors were wandering in the rubble of their former homes, searching for treasured possessions and grieving for the 28 relatives and neighbours crushed to death when their traditional clay houses collapsed.
They had lost everything, their village had been effectively erased but not a single government official had visited them to offer help or gauge their needs, they said.
Jyamdi is just 35 miles from the capital Kathmandu, in Kavrepalanchok district, a two-hour drive, but according to UN officials its neglect reflects an alarming fact about the earthquake and its impact – the scale of human loss and damage to property in Nepal's vast rural hinterland has yet to be fully registered.
Hirayamaya Tamang, 48, lost both her husband and the home they had built together and in which they had raised their four daughters. Two officials had visited her after the earthquake to confirm her husband's death but not to offer any assistance, she said. Full story...
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