Watch mind boggling devastation.
By Dileep Thekkethil
BENGALURU: The earthquake that shook Nepal and some parts of India has left more than 3,000 people dead and thousands injured. Thousands more are missing. The earth rumbled after shock waves were sent to the surface owing to a massive shift in tectonic plate, 15 KM under the district of Gorkha in Nepal, where thousands of homes were destroyed.
Nepal, which is one of the least developed countries in the world, according to the United Nations, had planned developmental processes that could have taken it to the list of Developing Countries by 2022. But after the massive earthquake this past weekend, this small Himalayan country has been pushed back a decade and now rebuilding the country has become a priority than undertaking any other development process.
The extent of damage caused by the earthquake is beyond imagination as the country lost some of its prestigious monuments such as the Dharahara tower in the Kathmandu Valley, a 19th century heritage site and Kathmandu’s historic Durbar square.
Here are some of the scary footages of the 7.9 magnitude earthquake and the widespread damage it caused to the country known for its Hindu and Buddhist shrines, which are now just in rubbles, beyond repair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ii-1ik0sSw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_JA2xzUlxM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGTYsDGGABA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ii-1ik0sSw