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Over 5,000 dead in Nepal quake; 1,600 tourists rescued
Kathmandu, April 29
The toll in the massive
earthquake that devastated Nepal on April 25 crossed 5,000 on Wednesday,
Sindhupalchok being the worst affected district with 1,400 deaths, the
government said.
The home ministry said it has so far recorded 5,006 deaths across the country.
The
National Emergency Operation Centre - which operates under the home
ministry - said 10,224 were injured in the 7.9-magnitude quake and its
aftershocks.
Kathmandu district recorded 1,039 deaths, Bhaktapur 250 and Lalitpur 159.
Meanwhile,
a joint rescue team of the Nepalese Army, the Armed Police Force and
Nepal Police has rescued 1,600 tourists from Manang and Mustang and
brought them to Pokhara.
Ten tourists from various countries were
killed in the earthquake. Four died in Kathmandu, five in Solukhumbu,
and one in Makawanpur districts.
The government said rescue
operations were on in full swing in Sindhupalchok, Kathmandu, Nuwakot,
Dhading, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Kavrepalanchowk, Gorkha and Rasuwa.
Rescue
teams from India, Sri Lanka, China, Turkey, the Netherlands, Poland,
Germany, France, Israel, Malaysia and Japan have been deployed in
various places of the Kathmandu Valley.
A rescue team from
Britain has been deployed in Sindhupalchowk district, while nine foreign
medical teams are working in various affected areas.
According to the home ministry, the Sri Lankan team rescued a youth alive from Balaju area.