Nepali government officials have said efforts to step up the pace of delivery of relief material to remote areas were frustrated by a shortage of supply trucks and drivers, many of whom had returned to their villages to help their families.
That is why all Nepali governments also try to stay on good terms with China.
It is time to give Nepali citizens what they deserve; an end to the Maoist insurgency and the rescue of the nation from corrupt politicians.
This is good propaganda, as well as providing defensive positions should the Nepali army mount a serious attack.The Maoists are right that, since a new government took over in Delhi in May, Nepal has assumed a higher priority for India, because of the links it sees between Nepal's Maoists and its own Maoist rebellions and secessionist groups.
It is much more than Nepali women are paid in India's flesh-pots to which over 5,000 are traflesh-pots toyear, according to the UN.
That hints at the second criticism Mr Modi will hear: that India is a domineering bully, intent on meddling in Nepali politics.It is true India has been an intrusive presence.
Clients pay expedition organisers up to $90,000 a time ($10,000 of which goes to the Nepali government) to climb Everest, but the expensive medicines and equipment they enjoy are generally not available to the Nepalis.
The Tibetan community in Kathmandu is said to be infiltrated by Chinese intelligence and Nepali police frequently suppress protests against China.
Thousands of young Nepali men, mainly from remote villages, slaving now in horrendous conditions in the Gulf states to support their rural families, must be suffering agonies of not knowing the fate of their families who depend on them (In the villages they wait for aid that may never come, 28 April).
Close to the park, Himalayan restaurant Yeti offers good-value dinners: prayer flags, mandalas and waiters in Nepali topi hats transport diners to Kathmandu, as do the momos stuffed with buffalo, vegetables or mutton, with three dipping sauces of escalating hotness.
