The monsoon has obviously brought the beginning of reconstruction to a halt and it was thus very important to distribute tarpaulins and makeshift shelters in. the weeks following this earthquake so that the population was able to find shelter from the heavy monsoon rains.<\/p>\n
Today, it is an unprecedented economic crisis that is affecting Nepal.\u00a0 It is due to non-acceptance of the new constitution by India, the southern neighbour on which Nepal is dependant for the import of everything.\u00a0 Thus India has blocked the import into Nepal of all petroleum products and even essential goods such as food.<\/p>\n
This crisis is also partly due to a disagreement over the new constitution with the Madhesis (an ethnic group in the South).\u00a0 The new constitution has divided the country into seven provinces, each including several districts (of which there are 75 in Nepal).\u00a0 The Madhesis are thus divided between several provinces, which they do not accept.\u00a0 What is more, they are poorly represented in parliament despite accounting for 30% of the Nepalese population.\u00a0 Since the middle of September, they have been blocking the Nepali side of the frontier.<\/p>\n
This blocking of the frontier by India is all the more firm since the nomination of the new communist government, which does not suit India.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of October, not a single lorry has crossed the frontier. This is progressively draining the country of all essential goods.\u00a0 Already, according to the press, Nepal has lost more than 7 billion dollars. Remember, that is the same figure the government estimated was necessary for reconstruction following the earthquake\u2026<\/p>\n
The situation is getting more catastrophic by the day: no more petrol, no more gas bottles, basic foodstuffs becoming rarer\u2026 When, even so, a few trucks manage to get\u00a0 through the frontier they face queues of several kilometres at the petrol pumps, lines of hundreds\u00a0 of empty butane gas bottles\u2026. The black market is taking off in a big way.\u00a0 In the markets of Kathmandu they are selling wood for cooking\u2026<\/p>\n
It is this context that we are preparing nonetheless for our first camp, in the very poor Mugu district in the.North West of Nepal.\u00a0 This camp will begin in principle on 25 November if, despite everything, we manage to get to the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The monsoon has obviously brought the beginning of reconstruction to a halt and it was thus very important to distribute tarpaulins and makeshift shelters in. the weeks following this earthquake so that the population was able to find shelter from the heavy monsoon rains. Today, it is an unprecedented economic crisis that is affecting Nepal.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hm"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n