The United Nations and country donors led by the United States have urged the Nepalese government to cut out out bureaucratic measures in order to facilitate the faster distribution of relief goods to earthquake victims.
According to the New York Times, the UN resident coordinator Jamie McGoldrick had aired his concerns regarding relief goods comprised of food, water, sleeping mats and other items that are left sitting in warehouses and in the airports while survivors scramble for the scarce supplies.
McGoldrick told the Times that there are just too many layers of government agencies involved that serve as bottlenecks to distribution.
Peter W. Bodde, the U.S. ambassador in Nepal, said in the report that he spoke with Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala to put an end to the "red tape" and was assured of the needed changes to the system, especially in times of dire emergencies.
Other complaints in the past two days include not finding members of the Nepal government who are expected to take the lead in the relief and rescue operations of quake survivors.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 has caused the death of 7,000 people residing in capital Kathmandu and nearby district towns of Gorkha, Sindhupalchok, Dhading, Bhaktapur, Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Kabrepalanchok, Lalitpur and Kuleshwor and parts of India and China, the New York Times reported.
Nepal's official government spokesman, Minendra Rijal, denied that the government had hampered any delivery of aid. He said government officers like him were also overwhelmed by the extent of the earthquake's damage.
The BBC said in a related report that U.S. emergency aircrafts capable of vertical takeoffs are now in the capital Kathmandu with about 100 U.S. marines set to facilitate the distribution of relief aid to affected remote areas today.
Other larger aircrafts had been disallowed from landing in the airport to prevent further accidents.
