Far away from their homeland and family members in the hour of tragedy, hundreds of Nepalese students studying here have turned into foot soldiers to raise funds for sending relief and succour to quake-hit Nepal.


The 7.9-magnitude temblor on Saturday and succeeding aftershocks in the Himalayan nation have claimed over 6,000 lives there and flattened the iconic architectural landscape of the country.


20-year-old Prajwal Basnet, who is pursuing a course in Chartered Accountancy here, joins a group of five-six fellow students to raise funds for the cause after attending classes.


"We are about 500 students who have volunteered to work towards raising funds. We study at the same place but we are from different parts of Nepal, and we have decided to put in our energies together to send relief material, medicines and other essential supplies there," Basnet told PTI.


He said first batch of relief material has already been sent, and once the necessary items have been arranged for, "we will send the second one too."