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Monday, April 27, 2015
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Monday, April 27, 2015
UN preparing ‘massive’ aid for Nepal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe UN food agency says it is preparing a large-scale aid operation to earthquake-ravaged Nepal, with a first plane set to arrive Tuesday.
“This will be a large, massive operation,” Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman for the UN’s World Food Programme, tells AFP.
Officials say more than 3,500 people are now known to have died, including 3,432 in Nepal — making it the quake-prone Himalayan nation’s deadliest disaster in more than 80 years.
The United Nations is gearing up to launch an emergency appeal for aid for the region.
— AFP
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