As politicians promise money, survivors say they've heard it all before
Nepal, April 3 -- After witnessing a devastating windstorm on Sunday night, Bara and Parsa districts have seen a whirlwind of visits by high profile political leaders. But survivors of the disaster who spent their first night under the open sky say they are desperately in need of relief, not announcements and promises of help from politicians.
Twenty-seven people died and thousands were injured when a powerful windstorm tore through villages of the two districts in the Tarai on Sunday night. But even before survivors could come to terms with the devastation and start picking themselves up from the rubble, leaders from Kathmandu started flying into the region.
When Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli visited the affected area on Monday, he anno...
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