Left in ruins: Earthquake victims visiting a temple which was destroyed during the earthquake in Bhaktapur. — EPA
KATHMANDU: As she stares forlornly at the teetering wreck she still calls home, Sobha Shakya knows it will soon be reduced to rubble by bulldozers poised to obliterate thousands more buildings in Nepal’s devastated capital.
The mammoth April 25 earthquake that killed upwards of 7,600 people reduced large areas of Kathmandu to ruins, flattening hundreds of houses as well as several centuries-old monuments.
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