Kathmandu: Days after back-to-back earthquakes rattled the remote mountain areas of western Nepal, a third shipment of 12 tonnes of relief material from India reached the country .On November 3, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted western Nepal’s Jajarkot and Rukum districts killing 153 people and injuring over 260 others.
On November 7, three tremors of over magnitude 4 hit Jajarkot injuring at least 16 people. The quakes damaged around 8,000 buildings, both public and private.The November 3 quake caused the worst human and infrastructure losses since the devastating jolt of April 2015.Soon after an Indian Air Force plane carrying over the emergency aid landed in Nepal.
