hurray,
I agree on matters that you have indicated and about the mentality of Nepali people which we all know and where I will not go,at this shocking moment.
The local people or survivors,including the cops,army,volunteers and rescue-members are working their best to reach the crushed ones whose number may be significant as Kathmandu is a congested city with scores of houses,erected haphazardly in limited land.
In my locality,one six-storey house having 104 rooms has crumbled from where we and police pull out few dead bodies and halted before reaching ground floor without having a crushing tool at that moment.However,there is different story for different places and I see Showyambhu,Gongabu,Ason,Sundhara,Lalitpur are most affected in the capital and it's still uncertain how many houses have collapsed and how many people are inside whereas,the villages bear different grim story.
A jolt was noticed few minutes ago and the land is still shaking,with the tremors waning in each encounter but still of a degree to give shiver physically and mentally.
The gravity of such a massive earthquake in a densed place like Kathmandu and fluctuating terrain of villages have made the rescue attempt an arduous work than imagined with roads blocked here and there and structures sleeping on the way.
The ill-fated tourists are still traped in high-altitudes and trekking areas while the missing ones,counting hundreds,are still out of contact.
There has been many free services in and out the country like telephones,transportation,food and lodging services where available.
The whole system has been disordered,which,with each passing time is coming under a progression and by a group effort of all people,the govt. and international community.the holy mess can be put into proper place while making healthy arrangements for the necessitous.
There is a hint of shortage of fuel and food in the country which is inevitable and obvious which will last for some days,having a good knowledge,that ,we all are in this together.
Most citizens are helping each other;supplying sympathy and providing easement by whatever offering they might churn out of themselves.
It might take days,weeks and even months to scout every inch of the affected land as many districts having many villages have come in contact with the disaster.
The locals of the affected regions have already began search operation from Sunday and many people who resided in the capital have moved to their villages to save and to be near with their dear ones.
In such a calamity,working together is the only option and if conducted properly with effective management of human resources,tools and accessories that we possessed,while coordinating with foreign volunteers,the debacle could be bridled without giving it space to be enormous enough to be out of control,becoming a cruse to many.