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Pakistani
Relief Efforts Stalled in Hardest Hit Areas
U.N. officials say aid workers are in a race against time to save thousands
of earthquake victims stranded in remote mountain villages near the
epicenter.
Conditions in Balakot suggest they are losing, and losing badly.
Traffic out of town is at a standstill. This ambulance has been stuck for
nearly five minutes.
Aid workers say part of the problem is the thousands of volunteers who are
driving here hoping to lend a hand.
Unfortunately, their good intentions are having dire consequences,
clogging
roads and keeping emergency supplies and professional rescue teams from reaching
Balakot.
Relief worker Hamid Mehmood says, someone with authority needs to step in and
impose some sort of order over the chaos.
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