Nepal quake survivors fight freezing temperatures

Nine months after a massive earthquake hit Nepal, thousands of survivors are now fighting sub-zero temperatures in flimsy temporary shelters, awaiting government help to rebuild their homes, reports Agence France Presse.

The threat of landslides had forced families in the remote village of Laprak, close to the quake's epicentre in western Nepal, to relocate to a site a thousand metres higher. Bis Bahadur Gurung, a villager, said they are ready to protest if the government does not respond soon. "If the government takes longer to help us reconstruct our homes we are ready to go and sit in front of the officials in Kathmandu and protest," the 50-year-old said.