Nowhere to go: Nepal police tear down earthquake victim camp
14 March 2017 3:49 PM IST14 March 2017 3:49 PM IST
An estimated 2,000 people were living in the camp, belonging to a government-owned company and located near the Boudha shrine in Kathmandu.
Police tore down hundreds of temporary huts in the Nepalese capital where people have been living for two years since losing their homes in the 2015 earthquake.- People sit with their belongings after policemen tore down temporary homes in a quake victims' shelter in downtown Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Our home is destroyed. I have no idea where I am going to go and live with my one-year-old baby, said a resident.
- There were no scuffles with the police, but residents had to rush to collect their belonging out of the huts made from bamboo, tarpaulin and plastic sheets.
- Kathmandu's chief government administrator Him Nath Dawadi said it was already two years since the earthquake and that it was necessary to clear the land.
- An estimated 2,000 people were living in the camp, belonging to a government-owned company and located near the Boudha shrine in Kathmandu.
- Police in riot gear used bulldozers to tear down about 440 huts in Kathmandu without providing any alternative living options.
Police tore down hundreds of temporary huts in the Nepalese capital where people have been living for two years since losing their homes in the 2015 earthquake.
An estimated 2,000 people were living in the camp, belonging to a government-owned company and located near the Boudha shrine in Kathmandu.
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