Published By: Pragati Pal
Last Updated: November 04, 2023, 20:58 IST
The epicentre of the earthquake in Nepal is in the western a part of the nation in the Jajarkot district. Over 150 individuals have died in the earthquake. (Image: X/@ashishsri85)
At least 157 individuals have been killed and over 150 others injured when the Friday night time earthquake, the worst since 2015, struck western Nepal’s distant areas destroying a whole lot of homes in the Himalayan nation
Even as search and rescue operations continued in the mountainous Jajarkot district in western Nepal hit by a strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Friday night time, authorities shifted scores of injured individuals to a number of hospitals in the foothills and a few of them could also be airlifted to India.
At least 157 individuals have been killed and over 150 others injured when the Friday night time earthquake, the worst since 2015, struck western Nepal’s distant areas destroying a whole lot of homes in the Himalayan nation.
The epicentre was in Jajarkot district, about 500km northwest of Kathmandu. Nepalgunj, which is at the Himalayan foothills, shut to the India-Nepal border, is nearer to the quake-affected area as in contrast to Kathmandu.
Around 30 injured individuals, together with youngsters, have been introduced to Bheri Hospital right here from the quake-affected areas. This is the nearest large hospital to Jajarkot. Scores of close to and pricey ones of the injured made a beeline exterior the emergency division of the Bheri hospital.
A spherical of the emergency and basic wards of the hospital by.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
