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Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts) Wed Apr 29, 2015, 01:22 PM Apr 2015

Tired of waiting for aid, angry Nepalis block roads.

"We have been given no food by the government," said Udhav Giri, 34. "Trucks carrying rice go past and don’t stop. The district headquarters is getting all the food."

The government was struggling to fully assess the devastation wrought by Saturday's 7.8 magnitude quake.

"This is a disaster on an unprecedented scale. There have been some weaknesses in managing the relief operation," Nepal's Communication Minister Minendra Rijal said late on Tuesday

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/29/us-quake-nepal-collapse-idUSKBN0NI12120150429