Day 2: Picking up the Pieces

A Times of India article highlighted the problem Nepal was facing: a lack of young labour, with three million people out of the country, and a lack of tools to clean the debris. The inability to dig bodies out of the rubble was expected to create further problems soon, including water pollution and contagious disease.

The update noted that most aid efforts were focused on distributing tents, while very few aid workers were doing the difficult work of picking up shovels and clearing debris, and argued that direct cash support could be more effective than assumptions about what affected villagers lacked.

The article referred to, 'Nepal picks up the pieces, with bare hands', was available through the Times of India mobile app.