Nepal: after the earthquake

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on 25th April 2015. Many buildings in the older parts of Kathmandu are now rubble, including the Dharahara tower, a 19th century 62-metre tall building, and many temples were destroyed or severely damaged in Durbar square, a UNESCO world heritage site. Above all, thousands of people were trapped and died, mostly in Kathmandu valley: after a week over 6,000 were confirmed dead.

Rescue operations started soon after the earthquake, as search-and-rescue teams, field hospitals, blankets, tents and medical equipment were sent over to Kathmandu from everywhere in the world.

A more sustained help for the survivors is now urgent: people left without a home to live in need materials to build proper shelter before the monsoon rains arrive in the summer. Farm supplies and seeds will also be needed before the sowing season commences, so that also the earthquake-hit most rural and poorest areas of Nepal, where the lowest-caste Nepalis live, are not left alone.

Nepal, April – May 2015.

Photos and text by Suvra Kanti Das

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: People is helping for relief near collapsed houses following the earthquake in Bhaktapur, near Kathmandu, Nepal. May 7, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: A volunteer cleans the road in Bhaktapur, outside of Kathmandu, Nepal. May 05, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: A Nepali young woman plays with pigeons at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu in Nepal. © Suvra Kanti Das

: A woman carries her baby on her back in a street of Bhaktapur, outside of Kathmandu, Nepal. May 05, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: Sandha, 9, plays in front of her destroyed house at Dhulikhel, near Kathmandu, Nepal. May 8, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: Raju, 4, whose home was destroyed by the earthquake, takes shelter in a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal © Suvra Kanti Das

: Rescue workers remove the rubble from a collapse site in Pathan, Kathmandu, Nepal. © Suvra Kanti Das

: Soldiers from the Nepali Army clean the rubble at the Shoyembho temple, just outside Kathmandu, Nepal © Suvra Kanti Das

: A girl receives treatment at a medical camp in Sindhupalchok, outskirt of Kathmandu, Nepal. May 1, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: Women are helping for relief in the rubble following the earthquake in Bhaktapur, near Kathmandu, Nepal. May 7, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: A woman stands in front of her destroyed house at Jalkeli village, outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. May 1, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: A Nepali child plays with pigeons at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. © Suvra Kanti Das

: A Nepali policeman patrols in front of the destroyed Dharahara tower in Kathmandu, Nepal. May 03, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: A Nepali man prays in front of a destroyed temple in Kathmandu Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal. May 03, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: A destroyed temple in Bhaktapur, near Kathmandu, Nepal. May 04, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: Nepali Army special force rescues a box full with antique items from a destroyed museum in Changu village, Bhaktapur, outside of Kathmandu, Nepal. May 05, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das

: Promila, 18, and Rajib, 20 plays with their three months old son Rajib at Shila Porbot, outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. Promila and Rajib lost their home in last month’s Nepal earthquake and now they are living in a temporary house in the bank of a river. May 8, 2015 © Suvra Kanti Das