Islamabad, Oct 2, IRNA The death toll of the devastating earthquake that hit parts of Pakistan has climbed to 825, local media reported Tuesday.More than 30 villages, containing some 20,000 houses, were flattened across 15,400 square miles of the remote Balochistan region.
Dozens of bodies are being recovered every day from mud buildings walls and beams of which have been reduced to dust and rubble.
Conditions are desperate among the survivors and many are going without food, water and shelter, having lost everything in the quake.
So far, no relief camp has been established in several areas where quake victims are waiting for government help under open skies.
The rescue teams will be sent to the affected areas only after security clearance.
The quake is Pakistans deadliest since the Kashmir tremor of 2005 which killed 73,000. The toll is expected to rise further as rescue teams dig through the rubble of countless flattened mud-brick houses.
By IRNA
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