Kathmandu: The
Dharahara, a nine-storeyed 19th-century tower, collapsed here after a huge
earthquake shook Nepal and caused widespread devastation on
Saturday, a media report said
Hundreds of people are reportedly trapped in
the debris, a posting on Twitter said.
According
to bloggers, the tower, built in 1832, was an iconic monument erected by
Nepal`s first prime minister, Bhimsen Thapa.
It was
built as a military watch tower but became one of Kathmandu`s key landmarks.
The
quake measured 7.5 on the Richter scale, later revised to 7.9 by USGS. Half an
hour later, another earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale hit 49 km
east of Lamjung.
There are people
everyone where in the corridors and out in the field," said a Reuters
reporter.
Television news footage showed people being treated on the streets outside hospitals and several bodies lying in rows, covered in blankets.
There are people
everyone where in the corridors and out in the field," said a Reuters
reporter.
Television news footage showed people being treated on the streets outside hospitals and several bodies lying in rows, covered in blankets.
Television news footage showed people being treated on the streets outside hospitals and several bodies lying in rows, covered in blankets.
Most of the
fatalities are from the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, where 467 people have died,
including 181 in the capital. Nepalese authorities earlier warned there were
also likely to be significant casualties in the remote districts nearer the
epicentre of the earthquake, 50 miles north-west of Kathmandu.
Pictures Of Nepal Earthquake/ Road Cracked In Nepal
The death
toll in the Himalayan kingdom has reached 876, Nepalese police said on
Saturday. A further 34 fatalities were reported in northern India and one in
Bangladesh.
A young Child Quake Victim /Pictures Of Nepal Earthquake
An old man rescued by people/Pictures Of Nepal Earthquake
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