Ace photographer Rohan Shrestha initiates ‘Nepali Relief’ to help his hometown

Mumbai: Many Bollywood celebrities are coming out to help the ones hit by disaster struck Nepal. Saturday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake, in Nepal, which was centred outside Kathmandu, was the worst to hit the poor South Asian nation in over 80 years.

The disaster took away swaths of the oldest neighbourhoods of Kathmandu and was strong enough to be felt all across parts of India, Bangladesh, China's region of Tibet and Pakistan.

A popular celebrity photographer, Rohan Shrestha, has taken the initiative to help the ones in need by making a page on social media. The page ‘Nepali Relief’ is keeping people up to date about donations and relief activities taken by the team. They are focussed on providing on ground help and supplies to the villages outside of Kathmandu. Nepal being his hometown, Rohan is co-ordinating directly with the people who are willing to help. Looks like the photographer is himself going to ground zero to provide the relief. Here is the link for the page: https://www.facebook.com/nepalirelief

"My Dear friends, I will be leaving for Nepal in the next 5 days with a team of 2 medics and a disaster management expert. Funds and relief are not reaching the right people as the epicentre is outside Kathmandu and the villages are stranded. We pledge to be doing ground relief work and I will email all of you back the details of where and how your donations have helped," he wrote on his page.

Karan Johar has also come out to support the initiative.

Please extend all your support and contribute to the devastation in Nepal....www.facebook.com/nepalirelief

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) April 27, 2015

On Monday morning, some pharmacies and shops for basic provisions opened in the city while bakeries began offering fresh bread. With power lines down, spotty phone connections and almost no Internet connectivity, residents are left anxious.

The quake has put a huge strain on the resources of this impoverished country best known for Everest, the highest mountain in the world. The economy of Nepal, a nation of 27.8 million people, relies heavily on tourism, principally trekking and Himalayan mountain climbing.