Death toll in Nepal crosses 6200

The death toll from the massive earthquake of 7.6 Richter Scale that hit Nepal on Saturday has crossed 6,260. The number of injured has reached 13,932. The Home Ministry has informed that hundreds of thousands of people are still unaccounted for. The Home Ministry has stated that the death toll and number of casualties are in course of increasing. Nearly 150 thousand homes have been completely destroyed by the earthquake, while 137 thousand homes have been partially damaged. Rescue and relief efforts are underway in the worst hit three districts of Kathmandu- Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur, and in other districts which suffered loss of lives and property in enormity including the tremor's epicentre Gorkha, Sindhupalchowk, Dhading, Kavrepalanchowk, Dolkha and Lamjung. The injured are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Kathmandu and other affected districts.