Broken Nepal will bury more of its children

Providing poor accommodation for a desperate people simply will not suffice — it risks walking them into a disaster that will recur, writes Conor O’Loughlin in Kathmandu.

The drive from Kathmandu airport to the city is shocking but not, perhaps, for the reasons you might expect.

You step off the plane expecting to walk immediately into a disaster zone. Yet the roads close to the airport reveal only slightly damaged buildings. Were it not for the chaotic scenes at the airport, where a combination of fleeing crowds and incoming aid have resulted in lengthy delays, you would wonder whether you were in the right country.