"Indispensable" Nepal in Desperation: What Was Rescued Through Massive Floods

Long lines formed from early in the morning.

These endless lines are made up of people in Nepal who have come to refill their gas cylinders.

[Modu Sarman : (How many did you bring?) I brought three family gas cylinders. But they say we can only refill one cylinder per household.]

People carrying LPG gas cylinders weighing about 15 kilograms keep flocking in, and the area around the police guarding the main gate is packed with people asking whether they can refill their gas today (the 11th).

This is in front of a gas filling station in Nepal.

You can see people continuously arriving with these LPG gas cylinders.

Since the amount that can be supplied in a day is only about 500, people are forced to wait in endless lines.

It is fortunate if they can get gas even after standing in line.

[Maya Tamang : They say it's not possible today. I only got a waiting ticket and I don't know when my turn will come. They tell me to wait. How are we supposed to cook meals?]

The gas crisis occurred because major highways used by large vehicles transporting gas were cut off by this massive flood.

In the wake of the U.S.-Iran war, a rationing system that fills only half of a gas cylinder has already been implemented since last March, and now overlapping bad news has struck.

Nepal, which lacks city gas, relies on LPG as its main fuel, leaving restaurants with heavy usage in despair.

[Binod Maharjan : Normally, I use one or two cylinders a day, 40 to 50 cylinders a month. Since we can't get gas in Kathmandu, we are loading up cylinders and traveling back and forth to where the gas transport trucks are.]

Many people also prepare meals by burning wood for fire.

During the massive flood, a video of people jumping into swollen waters to rescue LPG gas cylinders drew attention, showing how desperate it is for the people of Nepal.

Although the Nepalese government has introduced supply measures for cooking gas cylinders, normalization is expected to take time.

The 2nd tranche of South Korea's Korea Disaster Relief Team arrived in Kathmandu on the 11th, loaded with relief supplies such as winter clothing and blankets.

Focusing on the reconstruction and recovery from the massive flood damage, they will operate for a week first.

Reported by Choi Go-woon | Produced by Kim Da-yeon | Camera by Cho Chang-hyun and Yang Ji-hoon | Video Edited by Jung Sung-hoon | Produced by SBS Digital News
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