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Aid is trickling in to villages in Nepals mountainous northwest hit by a strong earthquake over the weekend as survivors searched through the rubble of their collapsed homes to salvage

‘It’s unbearably cold outside and none of us had any sleep since Friday night,’ says a resident of Chiuritol in Jajarkot.

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has announced a monetary aid of Rs 10 million to the earthquake survivors in Jajarkot and Rukum West.

Aid is trickling into villages in Nepal's mountainous northwest after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that killed 157 people and left thousands homeless.

Almost half of those killed in the earthquake on Friday were children, it has been found.

World Food Programme and other UN and humanitarian agencies working closely to bring relief to people in the greatest need

‘It felt like the world had collapsed and I was not sure if anyone had even survived and would be able to help’

Most homes in the quake-hit districts of Jajarkot and Rukum, where houses are traditionally built by stacking rocks and logs, collapsed.

KATHMANDU: Aid trickled in on Monday to villages in Nepals northwestern mountains flattened by a strong earthquake over the weekend as villagers searched through the rubble of their collapsed homes to salvage what was left of their belongings.

Survivors of an earthquake that flattened villages in Nepals northwest mountains searched through the debris of their collapsed homes for any salvageable belongings Monday as aid trickled into the remote area.