`Quake death toll could reach 10,000`

Risingbd Desk: The death toll in Nepal`s earthquake could reach 10,000, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala told a news agency on Tuesday.

He also ordered intensified rescue efforts and appealing for foreign supplies of tents and medicines.

A Home Ministry official put the latest death toll at 4,349. If the death toll does reach 10,000, that would be even higher than the 8,500 killed in a massive 1934 quake, the Himalayan nation`s worst disaster to date.

Koirala was abroad when the 7.9 magnitude quake struck on Saturday. He returned on Sunday. He has issued orders to his government to improve coordination of the relief effort and will address the nation later on Tuesday, an aide said.

Source: Agencies

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