Nepal deadly earthquake: Death toll climbs to 2152

Risingbd Desk: The death toll from Saturday`s deadly 7.9 magnitude quake in Nepal that struck with its epicenter at Gorkha district has reached 2152 as of 2:15 on Sunday afternoon.

Nepal Police spokesperson Kamal Singh Bam has informed the media in this connection, saying, "The number of quake injured people undergoing treatment after have reached 4743."

Old settlement areas such as Basantapur, Thamel, Nardevi, and Jhochhen, among other places in the Capital have suffered major damages. Historical monuments such as Dharhara and Basantapur Durbar Square and Patan Durbar Square have been completely destroyed.

The government officials also said, in the wake of the disaster, government has declared national crisis and established a fund of Rs. 500 million for the reconstruction of the damaged infrastructures.

The shake was also felt in neighboring countries including India and Bhutan.

The Saturday`s earthquake was the worst to hit Nepal in 80 years. Nepal`s capital of Kathmandu has been left devastated with roads split open, and homes and iconic landmarks collapsed into rubble. There was little information coming from the outlying areas of the mountainous country and helicopters were circling overheard to get a sense of the damage.

risingbd/ Apr 26, 2015/  Mahfuz/ Augustin Sujan