Here is a photo taken by Mike Chapman. Mike is currently serving as construction supervisor for the new hospital, and Work and Witness coordinator here. The day of the landslide he drove to the site to check it out for himself and took this picture.
Note that the power poles once ran along the highway. Landowners were charging people to even walk across, but the police and the military have put a stop to that. Local people are still earning money by hiring out as porters to carry things across. As the PC article states, a large amount of government aid has arrived for the villagers at the landslide site.It is interesting that there is now confusion as to whether a person's land is the original location, or if it is the portion of ground that has slid down the mountain. The truth is that it is probably unwise for anyone to live on any of this ground again, as it remains unstable.
One other bit of good news is that there is indeed a refinery in the Highlands on "our side" of the landslide. It is a small "mini-refinery" that the oil company has to make fuel for their own use at the oil wells in Southern Highlands. They have started sharing this with the rest of the Highlands, so more vehicles are running, and some stations have diesel to sell.
Keep praying that traffic will be restored soon. Please pray for the sick and injured who have not been able to come to the hospital
Yours and His
Andy
Keep up the good work,.
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ReplyDeleteIts great to hear from you and read your blog. Glad to hear things are going well. Hal.
Ditto!
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