H
ours before a second massive earthquake rocked Nepal, Bhim Bahadur Gurung planned to embark on an arduous trek back to his village in Gorkha, the district in Nepal that was hardest hit by the first quake.
In late April, Gurung found himself in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, not by choice but out of desperation. The journey here was difficult; returning home was going to be even more so.
He knew he would have to carry his daughter Maya back home. The spry 10-year-old he knew went away the day the earth shook.
Gurung, like millions of other Nepalis who survived, says he feels tremendously lucky that none of his loved ones died. Yet, he knows that a few minutes of the earth’s violent rattling has forever altered his family’s life trajectory. The future, already filled with so many uncertainties for this struggling rural family, turned ominous after the quake.
Gurung, like millions of other Nepalis who survived, says he feels tremendously lucky that none of his loved ones died. Yet, he knows that a few minutes of the earth’s violent rattling has forever altered his family’s life trajectory. The future, already filled with so many uncertainties for this struggling rural family, turned ominous after the quake.
Maya was frightened and in severe pain when I first met her. For the most part, she lay statue-still on Bed 41 of the female surgical unit in a Kathmandu hospital, where even the eye and gynecology wards are being used to treat the injured. Once in a while she touched her left leg and winced in pain, hot tears streaming down her dust-caked face.
The bridge over the Jayashree stream along the Butwal-Narayangadh road section of the highway has fell down at around 6:45 pm this evening.
Gaindakot-based Area Police Post said heavy traffic caused the collapse.
Vehicles heading toward different parts of the nation were struck on both sides of the bridge since this afternoon.
Butwal-based engineer at the Department of Roads, Ram Narayan Yogi, said it is impossible to resume the vehicular operation as the bridge has tilted from the middle.
Mentioning that opening diversions is also not immediately possible, police said the road operation can resume by Tuesday evening.
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