Nepal rules out possibility of survivor buried under rubble

The government of Nepal says there are thin chances of finding anymore survivors trapped in the rubbles, reports Times of India. 

News Deskbdnews24.com
Published : 2 May 2015, 03:51 AM
Updated : 2 May 2015, 04:23 AM

It has announced on Saturday that the death toll from the massive earthquake has risen to 6,621.

"It has already been one week since the disaster," home ministry spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said.

"We are trying our best in rescue and relief work but now I don't think that there is any possibility of survivors under the rubble."

The number of injured from the quake, which struck on Apr 25, now stands at 14,023, added Dhakal.

Rescue teams from more than 20 countries have been using sniffer dogs and heat-seeking equipments to find survivors, but no one has been pulled alive since Thursday evening.

The 7.8-magnitude quake, which was the deadliest in Nepal for more than 80 years, devastated vast swathes of the country when it erupted around midday last Saturday and reduced much of the capital Kathmandu to ruins