Life in Chautara, the district headquarters of Sindhupalchok, has yet to return to normal.

The death toll from the April 25 devastating earthquake followed by several aftershocks, including a powerful one on May 12, has reached 8,604 nationwide as of Monday morning.

One Man Bahadur Tamang of Manekharka VDC is busy building temporary shelters for his family as well as fellow villagers in his neighbourhood as the Great Earthquake

Local people of Manekharka in Sindhulpalchok have started to build shelters from corrugated iron sheets after their houses were destroyed by the April 25 Great quake.