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Earthquake In Nepal: Houses Fallen Apart
April 26, 2015
Everybody rushed to safety at the airport after the quake hit Kathmandu. Nobody was at the airport tower. Taking the risk, Siddharath and I (Cap Bibek Khadka) took off on a helicopter.
First we flew in the sky over Bhaktapur. We saw the old houses made of mud and bricks falling apart. Some of the houses have roofs falling down, and some have been down the first floor, and others have been down to the ground.
Dust has been rising from the fallen houses. People are rushing everywhere for safety. Some have been gathering at the open places. Some others have already started off looking for the persons buried under the debris of fallen houses.
After Bhaktapur, we flew over Lalitpur. We saw old houses crumbling down. We also saw the ancient temples coming down at Mangal Bazaar. Some roofs have been sitting on their houses.
While flying over Kathmandu, we saw the Dharahara tower fallen down. People were rushing to the Tundikhel: open space for safety. Vehicles were sitting on the roads not being able to move anywhere. The ancient historically important palace at Basantpur was falling down blowing up smoke of dust in the air. We saw the apartment building developing cracks at Dhapasi. One of the temples at Svoyambhu was falling to pieces.
While flying over Panauti in the Kavre district, we saw the old houses falling down. Some houses have the roofs fallen down.
Thereafter, we flew to the Langtang area in the Rasuwa district for a rescue operation. On the way we saw a number of landslides holding back the Trishuli River at various places. At different areas, the road from the Trishul Bazaar to Dhunche has been damaged. On the way from Syabrubesi to Ghoda-tabela area, some villages were swept away by the landslides others were entirely buried under landslides and looked like deserts.
On the bare hills, some people were moving around, and waved us for rescuing them. Unfortunately, the bad weather did not permit us to reach and rescue them. The Langtang village was totally buried under debris. The Langtang National Reservation Area was full of fallen trees.
While flying back from Rasuwa along the Trishuli River, houses in the villages of both sides of the river have fallen apart. People have been homeless.
We have been continuously reporting to the Tribhuvan Airport tower what we have seen on our flight. We also have reported our findings to other concerned agencies.
We have escorted some planes flying to Kathmandu to land at the airport while the airport tower has nobody to guide the planes. As the planes approached, checking the status of the runway for safe landing we advised the pilots to land.
Presented by Isvorkaji Khaiju
Translated from Nepalese news report titled “Langtang Village Fully Buried Due to Earthquake” posted on annapurnapost.com.
http://annapurnapost.com/News.aspx/story/10921
