DHAKA: Nepalese riot police battled Wednesday to contain anger among survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people as rescuers raced against time to find anyone else alive in the rubble of the capital Kathmandu.

Supplies are running thin and aftershocks have strained nerves in the ruined city. Desperate to leave, thousands of people began gathering from before dawn outside the main bus station after the government promised to lay on special services.

But when the buses failed to materialize, anger began surging and scuffles broke out between the crowds and the columns of riot police who were sent in to try to contain the situation near parliament.

‘We have been waiting since dawn. They told us that there would be 250 buses coming but we haven’t seen any of them,’ said Kishor Kavre, a 25-year-old student, reports The Straits Times.

‘We’re in a hurry to get home to see our families but we’ve no idea when they’re coming now. I think the government is struggling.’

BDST: 1208 HRS, APR 29, 2015
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